Back at low altitude

Well, it turned out not to be a cakewalk after all.
We exceeded our estimated ascent time by three and a half hours and the Rapid Descent Vehicles were deemed far too dangerous to deploy on the upper half of the mountain as it was way too steep.
In fairness to the team, they apparently misread the info on the trail length as it was 6 miles, not the 3.6 they had prepared for.
The RDV's were still invaluable nevertheless. Our ankles, knees and quads were burning on the way down and the RDVs provided much needed relief as they were used to cover 20-25 percent of the total descent.
More details and pictures when I am back at a real computer.