Earthling,

Thank you for your response.

I am acknowledging the concerns and warnings and I for one is not tongue and cheek about the seriousness of this issue.... and I really do appreciate it and have tried to change the Trail from Hance to Hermit from the knowledge I gained from the experienced people on this site.

Once again, I am at a disadvantage. I have no experience and no crediability and have not claimed anything other than what I am. The well-meaning people like yourself and tarbubble and Pika and others are very gracious in providing some very important information. As a novice I cannot single handedly change expert people's mind without creditials like yours. Hance, I used your information from this site to challenge with a question and they answered back to my satisfaction.

Now, I am curious why there is such a big difference in opinion.
Like this is not even politics or a religious issue.
It is a Trail that both side has gone.
The people that have known me for a few years, says it is ok for me to go.
The people from this site is stating this trail is not for novice.

I don't know what to say.
The three guys that do hike on that trail and around GC says it is more of a physical challenge than skill.