I lead the climb being comfortable on 5.7 but most of the route was 5.5-5.6, the step around was fun and enjoyed the 5.7 chimney at the end. Solid climbing for the beginner leader (me). The scramble up to the galey notch and descent is horrible now, dirt on top of ice, solid in the morning but sketchy in the afternoon. not much snow in the L couiliour.
Temple Crag (Venusian Blind on the to do list!)

Palisade Glacier

Up to Galey Notch

Scrambling


A friend far across the palisade ridge on top of thunderbolt peak took this picture while we were climbing Mt. Sill. On the summit are 2 dots which are another climbing party. halfway down the ridge line is another dot, that is either me or my partner climbing!


Rapping part of the descent between apex and sill

Belaying at the summit

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmtmlBk-BE4
On another note, we had the pleasure of Mingma Sherpa join us on this trip, who is a sherpa from Nepal. He has summited Mt. Everest 11 times and been above 8000 meters 18 times i think. Mingma helped in the discovery and recovery of Dave Bridges and Alex Lowe who were buried in an avalanche on the southwest face of Shishapangma years ago. They were part of the Rim of The World Climbing Club I recently joined. Mingma was staying with the president of the club this past week while he is out here in the USA. Its been an honor to meet and climb with Mingma!

More on the recovery.
http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web16b/wfea ... ve-bridges
http://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news ... ishapangma