Wow, Chicago! So glad your ice axe skills were sharp! And thanks for the good report. Do you have more pictures we can see?
Here's the picture showing the notch and the route up from there. It sounds like you followed the bottom horizontal line on around. Most people take the left most line, with some crossing on that second right-hand diagonal.
The mountain will always be there. Come back and finish it sometime.
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