[VINMAN]

It has always amazed me that hikers are not required to clip in to those cables. I know it would slow up the movement but would greatly increase the safety. Most mountaineering /hiking accidents occur on the descent. You are tired , moving faster much more of a chance to slip up.

I put allot of blame too, on this new wave of "adventurers". In the past few yrs the amount of people doing activities like this has probably tripled. The places I Ice climb are mobbed now, to the point where you actually have to wait your turn. It sucks. 15, 20 yrs ago you could spend the whole weekend out there and not see a single person.The Appalachian trail around here is like the NJ turnpike in rush hour. Whats even sadder is, how Ill prepared and clueless most of these people are. My last two MT Rainier climbs, I seen so many people that had no business being out in that enviorment, the way they were dressed and the equipment they had with them.