Mount Stuart, Northeast Face. On October 18, Charlie Hampson and I climbed a new line to the left of Girth Pillar. From our bivouac atop the Ice Cliff Couloir, we descended to where we could start traversing toward the Girth Pillar access ramp, which we climbed for one pitch. Here, the approach ramp intersects the pillar, and we headed left up a comer, remaining left of the pillar all the way up the false summit face. With the exception of the third pitch in the comer, which went almost all on aid, we free climbed mixed snow and rock. (IV, 5.9, A2.)

Mark Bebie