When I visited, in June 2011, I learned that the rainy season had seriously damaged the ladders, and some were gone completely.
Alongside the longest ladder section, a thick steel cable was hanging down - perhaps as aid for workers on the trail?
For most hikers, that would be the end, but I scrambled up anyway, using the remains of the ladders and the steel cable. Above that section, there were no more serious problems to the top.
rgg - Mar 11, 2012 1:52 pm - Hasn't voted
Many broken ladders in 2011When I visited, in June 2011, I learned that the rainy season had seriously damaged the ladders, and some were gone completely.
Alongside the longest ladder section, a thick steel cable was hanging down - perhaps as aid for workers on the trail?
For most hikers, that would be the end, but I scrambled up anyway, using the remains of the ladders and the steel cable. Above that section, there were no more serious problems to the top.