privatizing the parks completely is the only answer. sell them off to multinational corporations to pay down the national debt. only the free market can efficiently manage these resources, and extract the valuable deposits contained there in.
note: there is an activity badge for rockclimbing. they charge a little more for it than the other ones, but it does include "REI keychain" type 'biner so you can easily clip it to your harness.
Check out this article on some photos Steph took of lenticulars!
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/124333544.html
Keep with the photography Steph, you are talent for sure! I hope your recovery is going well.