Glad you made it out ok. Sometimes people are so set on doing something that they forget that there are legitimate reasons to alter plans. People push themselves and end up dead.
The only thing that I would say is that I would not do what you did by myself. I am a firm believer in the buddy system. It is easy to fall down a steep mountain face or get injured in some other way. If there is a buddy then there is someone to go for help.

