In a few years they will be planning to remove the cables.
Seriously? As in, shutting down the route, or "you're on your own"?
Yes, I was kidding. But my opinion came leaking through that wilderness managers feel they are doing their assigned mandate by blocking nearly all access to the wilderness, instead of exploring other possible options.
However, removing the cables completely WAS mentioned as one possible scenario in a public information meeting held at REI here in Fresno by Yosemite NP staff last spring.
