Yesterday we returned into the Gorsabrua canyon in hopes of a WI5 having filled in a bit. It hadn't but there was a sneaky traverse in from the left so the route was a goer. My mojo hasn't exactly been firing on all cylinders this trip so I would have followed any excuse to wimp out, but fortunately there was none and I am really pleased we finished the route. The ice wasn't great, hollow in parts, but on the whole it felt steady, I must admit to resting on a screw at one point but it was that or have a repeat of the 'terminal pump'.
Today we returned to our poor run of luck with James feeling too ill to climb having walked in. So that plus the Hattavarri avalanche conditions, the moved day off for me feeling ill and the bag dump day for Kitdalen have all diminished our hit rate significantly.
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