My intent was to check out a corridor on the north side, so thats what I set out to do. But before I knew it I was distracted by this decomposing ridge to nowhere, and that ate up a lot of time.
It was windy about, which wasnt helping the high blood pressure descent of the exposed ridge. Luckily I hit a 40-50ft straight drop and was on the retreat.
Its just one of those places where risk swirled about, even though the holds are all 100%.
I got back to approaching the corridor, which was easier to do than I expected, given there was a 'trail'. However being that I was clumsy on this trip(forgot to bring the correct map, not to mention enough water), I descended to a point so I could gather more info on whether a rope was required to descend the corridor. I never did find out, but puts the odds at a rope being required 85-15. And since I had long known that the corridor ridge/top was not descendable, I retreated back to Winston. Following the trail back was a smooth move, as it stayed just below the crazy steep stuff.
