Day three, Mt. Willard. I was feeling better, about two-thirds strength, and I was glad. I am most interested in, at the moment, alpine ice and mixed routes. Short, hard vertical climbing is good for technique, certainly, but I find climbing routes as a means to getting somewhere (i.e., an ascent of a mountain), more appealing. I enjoyed this climb immensely, a grade 3 alpine ice and mixed route up Hitchcock Gully to the summit of Mt. Willard. |