I would recommend making it a 2 day climb if you're worried about altitude, most people camp at the lunch counter which is a flat area on the mountain with plenty of windbreaker walls for the tents, great place to stay the night to split up the climb and to acclimatize. I've never known anyone who had a problem with the altitude after camping a night to acclimatize.
Although idk if you have backpacking gear, in the case that you don't you could just camp at the Trailhead the night before which is at 5500' which is also plenty high enough to acclimatize assuming you don't have a history of asthma or breathing problems, and then make the summit push in a day which means you'll spend less time exposed to the altitude and will not have problems.
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