The Whitecap fire is east of the mountain in Whitecap Creek. Connel Creek has been a better access to Whitecap recently, although it goes to the S side of the mountain so you'd have to hop over the W col to get to the N face.
Is having partisan rallies in National Parks even legal? Would the Repubs or whoever be able to have a Bush rally with laser beams and country music singers (but not the Dixie Chix) on top of Devils Tower?
speaking of rabbits maybe we should change the focus of our livestock from cattle and pigs (big creatures that respire a lot, which wastes water) to small-but-tasty critters like guinea-pigs and rabbits