olyclimber

I wonder how many cameras Abbey would have had there to film the climb? My guess is that if he were to climb it (and it was illegal then) he would have made it more of a challenge....like climbing it chalkless, sit start, by the moonlight. Really, beyond the repercussions this may have on climbing access in Arches, doing an illegal climb, filming it, and publicizing it is just stupid...unless you're above the law. Reminds me of a TR on this board

This is confusing. Park regulations, apparently, already prohibit climbing on named Arches. So what would the point be in "working with [their] solicitor" to close the Arches permanently? What the fuck could a lawyer do about it anyway? A lawyer can help them change the language to make it clear that climbing is not allowed and punishable by fines/jail time.

UNCAGE THE ARCH!!!!

It definitely would seem that his actions here don't fit well with Patagucci's "lighten the tread of the human ecological footprint" given the soft nature of that rock and the popularity/icon status of delicate arch. Like it was put there just for him to climb, and that his climbing it and publicizing the climb wouldn't result in a hoard wanting to do the same thing.

ya, i'm not able to pull it off too well, am i? lowfat whipped cream?

It would suck if you were climbing it and it decided to fall over on you You would forever be known as the person who destroyed the Delicate Arch! My guess is that the concern is that it would get a huge amount of traffic (it is a very popular place/icon), and there would be some polished routes (more likely the rock would crumble away than become polished, actually), and the next thing you know bolts (or someone falling off and dying) blah blah blah...anyway that red rock isn't the most stable stuff. you could probably climb that thing directly with icetools. (I am not recommending this!)

well, my only requirement is that there is a coffee house right near the shop so that I can order a double half caff low whip frappacino and shop for shoes online while the grease monkeys fix my lexus

I don't think it is an issue anymore...they are shutting down climbing to all named arches immediately: "The intent of our [regulations] is that all named arches are closed to climbing," Joss said. "If the compendium is found not to be sufficient, we will work with our solicitor posthaste to put a closure on Delicate Arch immediately." I seem to recall reading about a climb or two on some much lesser known, but named arches put up by some pretty well known climbers.

I wonder what he used for an anchor to lower off with.

....which makes your getaway up our way a teensy bit puzzling. Hundred inches a year, documented, just like clockwork. That's almost two inches a week. Once we had a drought and only got 70......... Green though, elegantly green...thousands and thousands of shades of green. it is because archenemy is verdant, in the blooming sense of the word.

Working on a plan to bring loads of jumbo fist-sized cams, big bros, #11 hexes and maybe a couple of RP's down to Smith so my little guy can work on Monkey Face. Last weekend of May, three day weekend.

I ain't no white trash piece of shit. I'm better than you all. I can outlearn you, I can outread you, I can outthink you, and I can outphilosophize you and I'm gonna outlast you.

i can't ignore. was this plotting officiated by a third party?

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/7693/mocking-the-main-man?fr=fp-buzz-more

Is the other one Christmas?

this could be teh one. Teh One. Sweeps Mike off his feet, knocks him up, and leaves him barefoot at home when he could be climbing. You guys gotta believe in The Power of Love.

tent angst! lets hear what you really were thinking!

holy crap those are awesome photos. thanks for posting Tony & Justin. beautiful

who have been parties to problems to a due to logging? perhaps post here about it, though I think many there also post here (I do).

lets go climbing.

NICE!!! Archenemy, I didn't know you posted here! Where do those step lead to? Did you bring me back a bottle of wine? Would you recommend the climbing there, or was it just exotique.

well, they may have been heated up for you by someone of Mexican nationality who may or may not be in Our Great Country illegally. i guess that makes them pretty authentic.

i hate to break the news to you guys, but the burritos they make at taco time are not authentic mexican burritos. and, in mexico they don't ride burros for for transportation, they mostly drive cars like us. sorry to ruin your happy little dream.