Bee,
You are right to a degree but this occurs elsewhere. People have a tendency to do more than they are capable of doing...I know I do from time to time. The difference, as you stated, between someone like me and a noob is I realize when I've screwed the pooch, they do not...and I have the skills to get myself out of real trouble whereas they do not.
Anyone who has gone up or down this trail a few times has plenty of stories...like the time I had two groups go by me at Lower Trail Crest to visit Mt. Whitney via Guitar Lake and...
