Attempted a Ritter-Banner dayclimb. The snowclimb to the Ritter-Banner saddle was in horrible shape this late in the season and I wasted alot of time slogging up the loose snow. I topped out on Banner just before noon just as thunderstorms started immediately overhead. The worst part is had it not been for the storms, I would have had more than enough time and energy for both. I had to descend from the saddle instead of climbing the North Face of Ritter as planned, and lost my ice axe during a glissade. Whoever gets to it first- finders keepers.

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