I wasn't trying to encourage people to glissade. I do know that people will try to do it without a way to stop, while wearing crampons, and/or without prior experience, partially due to the fact that they do not see it as dangerous.
We met a group of 6? that were planning on glissading. 1 ice axe in the group. 4 were planning on using their hiking poles to self arrest. 1 was going to borrow a pole from someone. No one in the group had ever glissaded. All were surprised to hear that people had been hurt/killed 'sliding.' I have no idea if they ended up glissading, but I did give them something to think about. I hoping that having a discussion here could prevent future injuries. At least two people in that group were aware of this website.
