Ruben, yes I remember you well. We crossed paths with you, your BIL and SIL a number of times during the day. We kept remarking. "Hey, there are those nice folks we met earlier!" I also remember that your SIL was not very keen to make that scramble up to the cables!
Thanks for the kind words, but any help we were able to offer was simply what people should do for each other on the trail, and I try to impress that upon our 11 YO daughter every chance I have. I just wish we could have done more to assist you, Ruben. That blackout episode is scary enough on the backside of the mountain - I can't imagine how you must have felt crossing that traverse over the snow chute!
I'm very glad your group made the decision you did. In retrospect, if you had continued on to the summit things could have turned out a lot worse. Getting back to the parking lot whole and healthy is the top priority - the mountain will still be there when you want to tackle it again.
