Come out from behind the sofa Reverand. It's a fair question and deserves an answer. How many of those people at his establishment needed assistance to get to his establishment? It's a requirement of the event that you judge your own ability against the prevailing conditions and in this case many decided that the conditions were more than they were happy with and got themselves safely off the hill. An obvious exit point would have been Honister Pass and if the cafe's open then who is going to turn down the opportunity of a bit of shelter and a cup ot tea before continuing down into the valley?