This is the second part which many people require a rope for, the first being the crawl. I have done the mountain alone many times and even in winter in plastic boots once and I am fine ascending this solo. However, I take a rope and harness to rappel rather than downclimb this. On this trip I took a length of thinner rappel cord which is shorter than a regular rope and therefore it is much lighter. I wasn't sure at the base that it would reach but it turned out to be exactly the right length.