Great to meet you at Mount Hood and would love to coordinate a joint/group climb of Kings Peak if it's in the cards for you and others. I have bought a plane ticket and plan to meet a gentleman and his son in SLC on Thursday, should be at the trailhead late in the day that day and will start hiking on Friday morning. May hike in a few miles Thursday while there's still light and set up camp there instead of at the trailhead. My 71 year old uncle is joining me on his first high point attempt in Utah.