Bob and Ken,
I see how in the climb with all the gear the safety of the less experienced climbers is in play and also that very experienced climbers may do the MR route with minimal gear in use. But after reading many of the posts on the upcoming trip up the MR I see quite a few people claiming no or very little winter climbing experience. I may be even more obtuse than Bee as I don't get the "no gear" when there are novices in the group.
Yeah, one wonders.........
