HINT, HINT, everyone... the time to speak up is NOW! if climbers EVER hope to have more than july-to-february climbing at beacon rock then this is where it starts. the voice needs to be of MANY! the observations of the birds done by the few can only help so much. the rest of the support for a better climbing future must come from the voices of those who climb there. if you climb there, even a little, then you should be speaking up and communicating your opinions for climbing. the only way anything will ever be changed is with many voices. if you accept what is as the be-all, end-all of the climbing plan at beacon rock then you are just laying down and giving up. anyone who tells you that climbing at beacon for 9 months out of the year is an unrealistic future is either too pessimistic about the chances of it or is just too accepting of what the authorities tell them and unwilling to form their OWN opinion. i hope that there are more supporters of this cause out there than just the few that spray here... it's gonna take waaaaaaay more voices!
I agree the time is now. But the problem that I can see is that we the climbers are not all on the same page. Take the poll I started about Beacon. It appears there are folks out there who would prefer to have birds nesting at Beacon with a closure of some sort. All those folks please do not speak up. You do not speak for real Beacon climbers. It is bewildering to me that you would actually prefer a 6 month closure and have birds nesting than have birds nesting with no closure at all.