Hey people; I just summited July 4th after starting at 2:00 AM. I reached the snow field at 4:30 AM, cramponed up, and hiked to the bottom of the chute, looked up, questioned myself (my first time with crampons), it was amazing how much grip they provided. Just like walking, I took right to it. Went up the chute with ice axe in an hour and a half. It was very steep but still did it like I knew what I was doing. The final 2.5 miles to the summit were clear. I came back down and people said to take the swtichbacks, which we tried, and it was terrible and there were undoable sections. We ended up glissading, which we should have done from the beginning, because at that time it was already noon. It was the funnest thing ever! Don't try the switchbacks. Just glissade. It seems intimidating, but it was just total fun. 13-hour round trip.I saw the same lady with the sprained wrist the guy was taping it up ,I said dude you should put her glove back on ,then tape it up!

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