Hey, John, old thread! I'd sure like to get up there again sometime. (
when are you thinking about going? 
)
As I recall, getting down was a bit confusing, and we weren't sure where that crucial little bench was. But we hit it pretty well. Next time, I would keep turning around and trying to remember my return path. (For you, you might consider even taking some bright surveyor tape, and leaving a few "bread crumbs" that you would then remove on the return.)
And then below the granite bench, finding the spot to enter the brushy bushes (Leave another marker!!) to get through that part had us wandering around a little, too. If I were to go again I would really depend on my GPS unit to be able to re-trace my path.
Now IF you are ok at finding a route like that, and you really hurried on the descent, you might be ok. If you had a trusty gps unit, you would be ok, too, after dusk. But otherwise, you might consider taking overnight gear AND water (unless there is snow to melt) and spending the night.
