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socalclimber
Aug 17, 2009, 3:18 PM
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markc wrote: socalclimber wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: BTW - if there are any guides out there who would like to contribute, please let me know. We're looking for different perspectives. You've gotta be fucking kidding me.... My first thought upon reading that was, "What established guide in her right mind would want to be even loosely associated with Jeremiah?" There's a major risk there, without any obvious benefit.
This is so true. There are so many things wrong with this at so many levels, it's hard to even begin to lay them all out.
The liability issues alone are huge.
A quick story to illustrate how pirate guiding can cause grief to others who do it legitamitly.
This happened in Josh.
A few years back a couple of folks decided to take on a couple of very high paying group gigs themselves. No names will be disclosed. At the same time, a new seasonal ranger came to work here. He caught wind of this, and began to run around the park and start looking for guided classes, then pull the guide out in front their clients and run them through the ringer about who they were working for etc. This does not look good to the client.
As a general rule the rangers out here are all in all decent people. So this is really not a ranger issue in as much as it is a clear example of what problems pirate guides can cause the legit schools.
Fortunately this one ranger moved on and things calmed down. The legit schools have to jump through a zillion hoops just to get their permits. Then they usualy have to submit "Impact" reports to the land managers, sometimes on a daily basis. It depends on the policy of the park/area.
Morons like this Jeremiah character make land managers nervous. One of the things guide school owners have to do is make sure the park has no liability with regards to their permitted activities. This involves the inusurance they have carry as well. It's a tangled web.
This guys is an idiot. Period.
(This post was edited by socalclimber on Aug 17, 2009, 3:19 PM)
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Post edited by socalclimber
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