Jim, here are the pics you wanted posted. I hope I got them in the right order.
Mountain as seen from our initial camp.
Approaching the summit
My friend approaching the summit
Me looking down the ridge on the way to the summit, only 200 feet left, about an hour
The view from 18,686. the summit
My friend going down the summit ridge, Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m just starting the decent
Us going down, no, the picture is not lopsided, and yes that is the ground way down there, Weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re at 17,000 ft.