Thanks Burchey,

I have a lot of experience in the mountains and on extended hikes, but what you guys did seems to go to another level with tethers and glacier climbing et al. Based on that would you still feel (in general) that what you guys did could be accomplished by thorough research and training? I love making my own trips and appreciate your experience. In other words how would you stack up your climb to a Mt Whitney climb, which by comparison I feel has less technical demand.

Thanks again,
KC