In reply to danrock101:
It was our last day, so we had a lie in and set off quite late, (not planned) but we then planned to top out just as it was getting dark but the snow lower down was quite hard and my second wasn't confident in just wizzing up it so I had to pitch it + he wasnt used to front pointing so I think his calves were giving him trouble, probably just aswell so I was able to save my energy for the last pitch lol, I was a bit gripped on the axes and not trusting my feet.