Agree 110%. Uncle Sam has no business making further restrictions on what we do outdoors, when, and how. You can't prevent stupidity with overlapping layers of red tape and additional user fees.

If these three guys went up with total disregard for the weather conditions, poor equipment, and bad planning... then they probably shouldn't be labeled as "experienced climbers" by the media. They will have to deal with Mother Nature on their own.

I wonder if the climbers took a GPS with them. Coupled with the cell phone it would have been very handy for at least getting closer to the guy holed up on the mountain. A PLB would have been useful, too.

Hopefully all three turn up with nothing more than mild frostbite.