Brett: the fires are nearly out, so no smoke anymore.
Nicebloke: Congratulations making the summit. It has to be rewarding to complete it with your partner. You two really trained, and it paid off.
You were very wise NOT to leave JL behind on the descent!! Doug at the store often rants about people doing that, and then having all sorts of issues.
I guess the take-away from this is that groups are not really a group unless they train -- AND acclimate -- together.
