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Trusting Guidebooks 10-Oct-2011 At 4:18:38 PM Andrew_M

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Really terrible story. It's not a particularly easy route and the guidebooks I've seen have really stressed this, particularly Moir's, which is telling as mostly it's pretty laconic when it comes to emphasising difficulties.

Without knowing the real details of the story it's all speculation, but the standard route is down Gifford Crack to Lake South America which is exposed and a lot of parties belay sections of this even in good weather. Me and a mate came up Giffords under bad conditions without a rope and it was one of the most deeply unpleasant experience I've ever had - it makes me shudder to imagine descending that route in deteriorating conditions as it sounds like he might have tried to do.