olyclimber

Dean Potter, the OJ Simpson of climbing

damn, you're right! potter is an american hero, sticking his finger in the Man's eye for all of us. I thank you potter. thanks for making my life better.

i believe the links posted were not to magazines (the press) but to potter's sponsors (those funding his "work").

apparently it was fine to climb....look at potter...he faces no legal repercussion...and I'm sure his actions won't have any result beyond filling up 10 pages of spew here, right? focus on the unimportant things if it makes you feel better.

Heres a news flash for you dru: Don't Climb on Da Arch!

ya...funny! don't you love pissing off the people who can decide whether you can climb in a particular area or not? so he gets off, and all of us get to deal with more restrictively worded regulations as well as a black eye for climbers in general over the press on this. looks like we're all winners!

i would never ask you to Kix. That would be like boiling the ocean.

your lack of faith disturbs me. There is a lot of helpful information here ol' chap, though it can be served up with a nice dose of flavor. perhaps some of the updates the other admins and I are working on will address that somewhat for you. but pimping this other site, how could you?

or....he could post about them here.

HEY ALPINFOX!!!!! You need to delete! "This user has exceeded their private message quota and may not receive any new private messages."

excellent. we can spend the rest of the day analysing your picture, mistere. will you do a gear review on those biners hanging on your wall? i've seen those at REI...seems like you could save a lot of wieght on your rack if you went purely with them.

What grade? Unplanned bivies?

who is he whoring for? will we have to wait to see the pics in the next patagonia catalogue? damn, this is up there with any of the accomplishments this board has seen.

If he shows up!!! He might be off climbing the NR of Baker with no ice screws or something.

how old is your boy? that would help to match him up with another squirt.

wow...that would have been something to watch!!! Was the gear pre-placed? <never mind, read Rumrs post above> Awesome. Wish I could have watched it in a lawn chair drinking a beer.

wow. impressive...did he work on it for a while, or was it an onsite?

It wouldn't be an FA Hmmmm...I wonder...what sort of pictures are in this book?

perhaps you're driving by one of those lasik centers.

"sue age" I like it. Sue everybody!

w00t!

It would seem that this is a classic case of someone repeatedly pissing off the land manager which results in changes in law that further restrict all of us. I don't know that there were not others that helped encourage the land manager to update the rules, but the provisions by which the law is enforced allow the land manager (in this case, Joss?) to update/set the rules. Here is Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1, Section 1.5(a)(1) that is referred to. § 1.5 Closures and public use limits. (a) Consistent with applicable legislation and Federal administrative policies, and based upon a determination that such action is necessary for the maintenance of public health and safety, protection of environmental or scenic values, protection of natural or cultural resources, aid to scientific research, implementation of management responsibilities, equitable allocation and use of facilities, or the avoidance of conflict among visitor use activities, the superintendent may: (1) Establish, for all or a portion of a park area, a reasonable schedule of visiting hours, impose public use limits, or close all or a portion of a park area to all public use or to a specific use or activity.

or your Gulliver.

the last dude to light a fire up there paid for it... http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E7DB153DF931A35751C0A9649C8B63

right, then perhaps the language on the website is brand new, post-The Dean Potter Incident ....they should call them the Dean Potter Rules in his honor. There goes my plan for slacking in the Arches this fall!!