Sunshine, see my second picture on
post #15028. The snow/ice covered trail narrows to sections a little wider than the width of your feet. If you slip, you can see there's a lot of sharp boulders waiting for you. I doubt most people can live through that. Your axe won't save you. You'll hit a rock before you can react. The only option is to not slip and fall.
It sounds melodramatic, I know. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, but only post that in the interest of full disclosure. Plenty of people navigate it just fine. A lot of people would think nothing of it. However, I would not cross that with AMS. I'm also a normal human being, and not an experienced mountaineer and think people like me would want to know about something like this.
It's not knee trembling scary...just, "I'm not going to skip across this scary".
