Karen had attempted this climb on his first trip to the area about 5 years prior, but the crux pitch was chandeliered and they backed off. So we were back and Karen wanted to lead the pillar to settle his score with it. I took the first two pitches and linked them into one superb 80+ meter journey to reach all the way to a good tree on top (aerobic climbing). From there, we walked to the next two pitches (crux) and Karen tackled them uneventfully. The upper slabs of easy ice didn't attract us enough, and we rappelled off from there. The score was settled and we finally felt like we climbed *something*.

	Approaching Mean Green (WI 5): first two pitches visible, which we did as one		Looks neither mean, nor green?!

	Starting up Mean Green		Keeping warm at the belay

	Karen with the third pitch above	Hiking between pitches

			Almost on top..

	The crux 4th pitch, WI 5	Almost ready to fire	Starting up the mushroomed bottom

	The approach trail to the 4th pitch	Karen on the 4th pitch of Mean Grean

	abalakovs galore	Frozen river valley	We usually don't pay attention to horizontal ice, but it's also nice

	Karen was making fun of my dedication to the previous shot, and took this	The hiking trail	Neat cloud formations