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Good job boys. - The NPS erased your climbs.:
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guyzo
May 3, 2010, 11:15 PM
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This is just a note to Gentle Ben, and his wife. And to Eric Wolfe and his GF skippy.
All others should take a second and think about new roots and squeeze jobs.
Good job, your quest for new roots and Fame have brought our beloved Echo Cliffs to the attention of the NPS.
Your mass scrubbing of the moss on this choss, the destruction of plant life and the sawing off of tree limbs has moved the NPS to erase your climbs, Mystic River and Bunnyman.
What you did to the place is down right ugly and serves no, zero, purpose to climbers.
I spoke with the MAN this am and the removal had nothing to do with litter. The roots were removed because of the wholesale destruction of plants.
For the first time in my life I agree with the NPS. They did the correct thing IMHO.
So maybe next time you want to do a new root you may wish to consider some things. Things like "will this be a good root?"
or "am I destroying something of value".
You know Ben, it's very poor style to put in generic bolted climbs every 3 feet. Climbs that have no character, just a climb, just like the one right next to it.
We are very lucky to have good rangers in the Santa Monica Mts. They are climbers, they know all about the place, they took out your gear.
This time we didn't get a knee jerk reaction to just close the place down. Next time we (the climbing community) might not be so fortunate.
Guy Keesee
(This post was edited by guyzo on May 3, 2010, 11:22 PM)
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