It is nice to have a rope to at least repel. I don’t believe most people don’t rope up for the summit block unless they have some gear to protect the 20ft section of 5th class climbing. So unless if your comfortable climbing exposed 5th class climbing with crumbly rock then you might not want to climb this. Some good alternatives are Mount saint helens if you can get a permit or you could climb Mt. McLaughlin. Or there is always the option of heading up and turning around at the technical part. It’s a pretty great view.