I agree that solo hiking is often enjoyable. But that is an off-topic for this thread. The two hikers who primarily caused the problem was in our group only because they did not win the lottery. They were not interested in taking part in our group but just wanted permits. They said they would hike as a group only because they wanted permits (tags). I really did not want to have them in our group because I anticipated that they would cause that kind of problem.
