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Se'erdengpu, China, Big/Cold Wall 12-Dec-2015 At 6:49:06 PM tripleshot

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id er towards the march end as there can be a decent amount of snow build up into spring - the gamble is how it accumulated against the wall.
you never know, it could give you an extra 30m of solid snow before you start dealing with the rock, or it could be unconsolidated and dangerous. longer days also could go either way, packing it down or stripping it off.
more sun on the face could start the rockfall again too, tho the extra sun would be nice.

either way i think a cold conditions attempt is what will make the corner doable - just gotta get the time up there.

looking at pics of september attempts and going over forecasts from the last decade theres a big drop in temps early-mid oct, as there is across asia. september pics show guys climbing in softshells - we climbed about 50% of the time in down jackets. the cold is a big part of it. even during january valley level can be down to -20c.

the usual equation of route condition vs the gear needed for it.