In reply to Phil Lyon:
I nearly got lynched on Nea one August Bank holiday many years ago.
After climbing Spectre (I think) with a veteran friend of mine I enquired the best way off the crag to be told "Oh I always used to solo down Nea" OK I thought and before I could untie and coil the ropes he'd shot off down the crag still tied onto double 50 metre ropes,I eventually followed when most of the rope had run out to be confronted by hordes of increasingly pissed off people as I unthreaded my way through their gear trying to concentrate on not being punched and dealing with the weight of the ropes hanging off my waist. Arrived on the ground in some state of stress and complained indignantly about never having been called a "t#at, ##nt or ##rsehole" so often in less than half an hour to be told it would be great experience should I ever do the Matterhorn on a busy day!