Point Lachenal: the skis were a stupid idea
A great traverse in great weather. We should just have left the skis behind.
Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.
Great weather, great traverse. The line is logical, the position superb, and you move quickly.
We did however have the bright idea of carrying the skis on our backs. Unnecessary and thoroughly exhausting. Skis on a pack shift your centre of gravity exactly where you don’t want it shifted, and on every traverse you have the feeling something is about to snag.
In hindsight we could have left them at the start. Next time.