It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since I first climbed Geurt’s Ridge and proclaimed it as “my favorite route on the mountain of the gods.” The route somehow crept back onto my to-do list this year with
Reed and Benson Ridge Traverse
I don’t know what beckoned me to this odd ridge-run. Standing at its midpoint last winter atop the Benson and Hedges Couloir I couldn’t help but wonder what lay north and south. But winter does a good job at smoothing