After it rained all day yesterday we decided to give the Contamine Vaucher route and the Aiguille du Peigne another go today in order to hopefully summit, but mostly retrieve our rope and some cordelette and carabiners that we had left on the last trip. Unfortunately we found that the snow line from the storm yesterday was low. Lower even than the start of the route we were attempting today. For me this meant leading with bare hands, but climbing with the gloves on top rope in order to keep some feeling in my fingers. Luckily I wasn't such a cotton-headed-ninny-muggins and remembered to actually bring gloves today! Some statistics for Bucky and I vs. the summit of the Aiguille du Peigne.
Total number of attempts: 3
Total number of routes attempted: 2
Total number of days it has rained/snowed while attempting to summit: 3
Total number of successful summits: ZERO!
We didn't summit, it snowed on us, it was really, really cold (numb fingers on snow/ice covered rock is never fun!), but we did retrieve all of the gear that we left on the route two days ago! We have some unfinished business with the Aiguille du Peigne, but I am not planning on heading back there until we have a nice, sunny, clear forecast!
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