I had a neighbor once who gave me an account of a terrifying trip he did up at Index. He went into a mine, and climbed up some ladders. Eventually he got to very high ladder, and it broke beneath him, so he could only go up. He came out on a trapdoor on the top of Mt Index. There were some mountain goat tracks in the light snow cover, which showed him an unlikely way to climb down off the mountain. Whew! I ran across another neighbor later, and he told me, you didn't believe a word he said did you? Well yes I did. Hanging on every word. Turns out he was a notorious liar. Well, he got me good :). By the way, I once rappelled part way down Mt Index as part of a practice session, it is a magnificent mountain.