You're husband really missed out by not going, it looks gorgeous up there, if there were no antennas, it would have been perfect.
As to the horse.... not a big fan of that. I'm sure it puts a lot of stress on the poor animal to go up and down and carry a person. It's a hike!! People should be doing exercise!!!!
Yes, he missed it, but it was better that he didn't go. He has recently had arrhythmia problems and probably would have had a hard time going up or even had to turn back.
About the horses also seemed irresponsible to me. Apparently, they are local people from what I was told, but they should not be ridden at least on weekends when there are people on the trail.