Glad to hear it was of help. We couldn´t see any obvious way of going up on the East side but this is actually supposed to be the normal way to go up (even though we went up the South side). A Spanish team arrived in camp towards the end of our trip and they were attempting to climb the mountain too. The climbed up the route on the East side so we were finally able to see it.

The advantage of climbing up on the East side is that you start climbing straight from camp as the camp is there too. You are climbing (or rather walking) on rock. The advantage of climbing up the south side is that you are climbing on snow which you can skin, so it depends what you are doing. I´m guessing the East side is faster too. I only gave the route up a cursory look from camp as it´s not really obvsious to see it but I´m told the way is obvious once you are on it. Having said all that, I haven´t been on on the East route up, so don´t want to say anymore.

Another disadvantage of the south side is that you are in a gully for large parts of the climb. There was a lot of evidence of rock fall all around although I didn´t really experience any on the various occasions up. As it got hotter though, this side started to turn into a gushing passage of water, so I´m guessing it would have looked very different a couple of weeks later.

Either way, you come out to the same place and cannot avoid the sketchy traverse to get to the col. Good luck on your trip!

Very nice and informative write up. I am planning to climb Laila this summer and this information will help us lot.

Do you think it is easily climb able from south?

Cheers
Najmul Hassan