I left camp at 1:00 am and began the long hike slowly in the darkness on a switchback trail through loose volcanic scree to reach the crater rim at Gillman’s Point (5685m,18,650ft).
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Though I started an hour later than most I still made it to Gillman’s far too early and very cold. Not what I needed [...]