So you got on the big ol' dragon's-back ridge to the left of the normal route, and followed that up? I remember thinking that ridge looked exciting when I did the normal way.

Just out of curiosity, why are all your pics with a point-n-shoot? And why are you still wearing your crampons on the 3rd-class rock shots?

Yeah we went left of the standard route and left of the summit. However, the couloir we ascended was to the right of the 3rd class variant given in Roach. It just happened to have better snow.

I don't have a good system for carrying my SLR yet in a way that I think will keep it safe if I take a spill on rock. Plus it's really inconvenient for taking quick shots, so the amount of photography would be greatly reduced if I were using an SLR instead of my tiny point 'n shoot.

The crampons were a necessity for the frequent icy patches along the ridge. They were frequent enough that it wasn't worth it to take off the crampons between. The rock bits were much safer, which is why all the ridge photos were taken during rocky sections. The crampons made the rock sections a bit more dicey, but nothing outrageous.