Started at trailhead around 4:45am. This was my first volcano, very excited.
Made it to summit in 4hr 50min. Carried crampons but never pulled them out. Most everyone else was using crampons, I just used micro spikes and a pole. Its pretty darn steep at times but snow was bumpy enough I wasn't too worried. Carried ice axe but only used on the decent :)
That altitude did kick my butt. Last 1,000 feet to summit was a new kind of pain/slog for me. No appetite at summit. But I made it back to car in about 3 hours. Thanks to glissading basically to lunch counter at 10,000' then ate all the food.
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