In early June, Will Kovacic and Jeremy Roulette climbed a route up the east side of Mt. Parkes (ca 2,100m), a summit on the long Crossover Ridge that runs north from Slesse Mountain. The two had been aiming to climb the North Rib of Slesse, but snow on that route prompted them to change plans. Instead, they climbed a broken buttress in about nine pitches to reach the summit of Parkes, near the Crossover Pass descent route from Slesse, then continued along the ridge and upper North Rib to Slesse’s top. They called the new route Russian Roulette (5.9).

—Information from Will Kovacic

Editor's Note: A detailed description of this route and more photos are at Mountain Project.