Having attained the ridge, we began to climb directly up the rotten rock in deference to the ice cliffs looming over 3,000 feet above. As we climbed we saw a friend (Dave Anderson) and two companions approaching the base of the ridge on the right side; apparently they had noted our difficulties and thought they could do better. Their approach involved going toward the left side then turning right through a depression at the base of the ridge to attain the snow slopes on the right side of the ridge base. At that point there is little protection from the ice falling from the ice cliffs high up on the right of the ridge. After they were on the ridge, a huge avalanche came off the ice cliffs; it missed their tracks but served as a good indication of why the left approach is preferable. Here is a time-lapse of an avalanche down the right side of the ridge taken in 2020.