On Saturday evening and overnight there was intermittent rain. However the early morning was windy and dry. Thinking this would dry off the ridge we decided to go for the North Ridge still. I think this would have held true, but the low, wet cloud hovering on the North Ridge caused the moss/grass, rock and our boots to have a constant thin layer of moisture on them. Climbing up that ridge with slippery rock was not fun at all. Very scary. In these conditions, I found this route to be much more difficult and scary than the Bells Traverse last weekend (in good conditions).
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