Phillip Evans on 10/26/2014 6:33:24 PM:
This "nasty problem" will never be taken care of as long as evil people that want to hurt others have access to the trail.
The problem can be minimized to you personally IF you take care to provide yourself the means to repel such attacks.
My preference for that is an openly carried pistol with the mindset and ability to use it if the need arises.
If you're going to carry around something of such great value (your life), you might as well carry something to keep it from being taken from you.