The second pitch of the climb was really interesting. The crux was not sustained but was only a couple moves that were made mandatory for me because of screws on both sides of a cave with a delicate sheet of ice in front – I couldn’t escape to the easier ground right or left! When I did reach the top Nate had protected his traverse across some mud to a small rock ledge where the messed up belay/rappel tree was. The traverse for me was a little more interesting as I had removed his uppermost screw and was in for a cedar eating penji if I messed up.