It is amazing how the mountain just has gotten busier. |
Rescue here is not guaranteed. Our motto has been: your emergency may not be our emergency. |
Sometimes it is problematic how many climbers you can safely put on that ridge. |
There is just a certain amount you can deal with. |
We're closer to 1,500 than some people think. I don't know if it'll be this year or three or four years (from now). |
Whatever shows up this year, we will have to deal with. We are not prepared to turn back anybody this year. We are hoping next year we will have a plan in place to deal realistically with the future. |