Now this actually sounds pretty cool and exciting. I wish there was a Christian equivalent that I could go on, although preferably one that would be allowed any time of year.
Ah yes. Religion should revolve around my vacation calendar!
There are huge issues with crowd crushes and stampedes (typically resulting in at least hundreds of deaths each year) as a result of everyone having to come for Hajj at the same time.
That is indeed a major problem with the Hajj today. But to keep it a ritual, I think at most it could be performed once a month which helps for now, but doesn't help that much.