style climbers, repeated the route with a companion. In the  last section (the one covered by Joe and Simon in their last day on  the West face), Buehler decided conditions were too dangerous, and  thus opened a more direct variant (humorously named "Avoiding The  Touch") going straight up the summit, more technically difficult but  safer. They went up the summit ridge but not to the summit proper  (as Joe had originally considered), choosing to descend back the  climbing route in order to avoid the treacherous North Ridge.