あとで聞いたら、
「ケーブルカーで登ったはいいけど下りのケーブルカー待ってたら予定の電車に遅れるので仕方なく・・・」
という話でした(^^;)

When I asked her later, she told me, "I'd have preferred to take the cable car, but if I'd waited for the descending car, I'd have been late for my scheduled train, so I had no choice..." (^^;)