Good that your experience is positive, deadheadgirl... even if I think it's a terrible idea.
But what is the purpose of this thread? There is no question or anything, no offense but right now it is just a sort of (half)week long place to do live reporting. Which you aren't doing either.
Warnings were in place and they have been ventilated, the same about plateau sigma.
For now I'm closing this. Please just combine your notes into a report to submit to the trip report section, I guess people will at least be interested in what you have to say about this, whether it is a healthy plan or not. If I am looking at this all wrong send a PM.