In wet conditions — the much more common state — the rock can be slippery and the climb more demanding.

The transition to the summit plateau is experienced as an abrupt change.

The enclosed, forested environment of the ramp gives way without transition to the open, rock-dominated, cloud-wrapped world of the summit.

The temperature drops.

The light quality changes — diffused by cloud, it has a particular flat, gray character that makes the dark rock and the bright carnivorous plants and quartz crystals stand out vividly.

Navigation on the summit is not trivial.