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Mt Aspiring difficulty question 9-May-2012 At 8:01:47 PM sleake

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>"I disagree with sleake and Neil. I can't understand what they are saying. The OP's partner hasn't even been on snow. When I climbed up and down the Ramp last November coming DOWN we wailed in top clips and at times were on the front four points. That is it was WAY firmer on the way down than up. This isn't normal (a brutal unforecast cold front came through just after we got to the top of the Ramp) but you could easily get caught out by the conditions. Saying "you'll be fine" is crazy. Being prepared is much better."

While I may have been a little 'gung ho', im not sure what dont you understand?

Ramp is not technical........ daggering is not technical - it is physical - particually after a few hundred meters, and certainly dangerous if you take a tumble, but it is not TECHNICAL.

You want to be bloody confident, but it isnt going to be technical difficulty that will turn you round. as everyone else said it is conditions, exposure, the "holy sh!t this is a real mountain" that will turn you round or kill you.

Take it easy, and as I said in the first post - if either of you feel out of your depth go home.