After reaching the summit, the two men skied a vertiginous new descent route that Davenport described in detail at his Web site, skithe14ers.com.

Many alpinists reconnoitre their approach to a mountain on the afternoon before a climb, and this good practice should apply equally to the descent route.

It can also be used to join different ascent and descent routes.

The aircraft began its descent procedures over Louisiana, heading over the planned descent route.

As they came tumbling down our descent route, we picked up our ropes and dashed for protection.

It is also the most common descent route for those who have climbed the extremely technical routes on the East Face.

It's got all the maidinium data ye requested and a profile of the best descent route as well.

Stuart lost control due to bad snow conditions, halfway down our descent route, and slid uncontrollably for 400ft.

It is still the most-traveled route and is the standard descent route for climbers making harder ascents on other faces.

Within hours, a snowstorm with 100-mile-an-hour winds had begun to lash Mr. Matthews's descent route.