where is your local crag?
i actually got caught climbing during a closure. they tried to charge me with harrassing an endangered species. just so happened my court appointed attorney didn't care for the federal agents who caught me. it also turned out that it was a bogus charge. you have to possess a weapon in order to harrass an animal. then they charged me with 1st degree trespassing, can't tresspass in a state park. then they charged me with 2nd degree trespassing. i got off with a $150 plea bargin. perigrine closure are bogus, and what kevbone say's is true. i found glass and all kind's of crap in the nest, but what would beacon rock state park be without that trail. it would be a couple rangers out of a job . 600,000 people is alot of people to dissapoint. disapointing 200 climber's is i guess in their eye's pretty easy to swallow. animals get used to people, and that was what really won my case. if a deer walks across a main road do they close it? no because when there is revenue to be had the buerocrats will always side with the revenue. look out in river, ton's of boats and jet skis spewing gas and oil into the water. obviously they can do without the climbers. climbers are like dead head's, they show up and they hang out, and rarely do they stimulate the economy. it's all about money, and that is what you have to live with. on this planet, whoever has the most money usualy wins.
whatever anybody does, don't climb during a closure. it was a stupid idea, and it made the community look bad. i was young and thought i would push the civil disobedience envelope. this guy doesn't know what he is talking about. the feds have plenty of our money to spend on enforcing the rules. i am living proof.
fortunately everything turned out in my favor. the fed's were dishonest giving me bogus charges, so it came back to bite them in the ass.
i love climbing and i love nature. nature is why i climb, so don't say that the closures are a good idea because it's just another validated government position. wait till all the crags are closed. we will all be gym fags.