10 and 8 year old climb Wetterhorn Peak - Descend the hard way.

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Uploaded by on Jul 30, 2011

We took the standard way up but thought a direct descent might be easier - WRONG! Watch the descent in the video.

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  • You're probably referring to Route V.5 which is the East face looking at Matterhorn. Gerry only recommends it as a snow climb. We took the West face down which is similar but a much longer hike to get back to the main trail. On the way down off the top, it appeared to be an easier route down - we're we ever wrong! We were on the face for 3 hours and were afraid we might 'Cliff out" at any point.

    Just goes to show that you should never deviate from your plan!

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  • Wow! What an adventure!! Is the route you folks took for your descent described in Gerry Roach's book? That looked gnarly. I was super nervous watching this video! Beautiful day.

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