Years ago I went for a stroll up Long's Peak and came across another fellow asking me for water at the beginning of the boulder field. He had no water, no food, no sunglasses and to top it off no clear understanding of where he was heading. Granted there are plenty of people along that trail to ask for directions but I couldn't help but think about what a liability he was to him self. I suggested strongly that he turn around without the proper resources and he did but I found him on the way down looking even more miserable after the early afternoon thunderstorm even more thirsty, soaked from rain and claiming how dizzy he was from the altitude. I'm not one for lecturing folks I don't know nor is it my place but he received an earful on my way down. After him trying to rationalize his decision to hike Long's Peak, it became more and more apparent that he was too dependent on someone else sorting his shortcomings. This attitude in the backcountry will get you dead.