Patrick Lam 

At the end of August, we tried to summit Mount Hopeless in Nelson Lakes. Great weather and a fun day out. As with elsewhere this past season, snow was too sinky and we stopped a whole 300m of vertical short of the summit (i.e. not even close).

https://patricklam.ca/post/20231011-mount-hopeless-trip-report/

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Mount Hopeless attempt, August 25-27, 2023

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Patrick Lam
Oct 13, 2023 at 2:45amWeb
Show threadmxkOct 13, 2023
@va2lam in the end, the conditions dictate what is possible and every mountaineer needs to accept that.
Sounds like absolutely the right decision to turn around!
Show threadPatrick Lam Oct 13, 2023
@mxk at the end of the post I write about some things we could have done differently, like getting better snow on the mountain, or more seriously, having an extra day to go out and break trail before summit day. (We assessed our particular avalanche risk to be pretty low, but we would have had lack of daylight problems).
Show threadRaglan Niall  Oct 13, 2023
@va2lam by name and nature!