Up, up, up. Higher, faster, better. Well, maybe not the faster bit.
About 3/4 of the way up, the stairs and switchbacks abruptly come to an end and we must find our way up to the top any which way we can.
Ahhh, finally, the famous cable section! That is all that lies between us and the summit. Wow, that image I saw in the book way back in May was, at last, coming through in full-fledged technicolour.