So, that's six real people, three of whom are still posting, four if we count you. See my earlier post, you weren't banned for being conservative, you were banned for being an asshole. Bitch about it a little more, I'm sure it will help.
OK Scotty, folks can decide whether they want to listen to someone with no experience in the subject (you) or somebody who's actually been on the mountain and seen how things work.
I think one of the key facts PP forgets is that those logging companies spend a lot of money to lobby the politcians who control public lands. Simpson, and the rest are lobbying for cheap leases and little regulation for use of those lands. Therefore it's the private companies that are responsible for the shitty condition of public land they use.
Actually the tall dry grass by the freeway is more environmentally correct. The grass grows, then drys, then a passing motorist throws out a cigarette but which starts a huge brush fire which cleanses the land in much the same way that a lightning strike would.
The homeowner grass is not natural at all.
Sure she puts pride and attention into her property, but it's the wrong kind of attention, and it causes a lot of nasty runoff that screws up a lot more property then her little chunk of lawn.
...because he is "dissin'" other's attempts. In a way, it is a sort of socially enforced karma.
If you had actually read my post you would know that I didn't slam her.
I said she deserves the same respect a triathelete deserves. I also pointed out that she took advantage of what she had to get funding. My only comment that was at all negative was that it isn't much of a mountaineering accomplishment.
The fact of the matter is that Sherpas set all the fixed lines on the South Col Route in some years they set fixed lines practically to the summit. If you jugged fixed lines all the way up El Cap that's not the same as setting the fixed lines.
Your attitude sucks Scott.
A Climbers Guide to the High Sierra...The Sierra Club
A Climbers Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia...Dick Culbert
Darrington and Index...Fred Beckey
Climbers Guide to the Olympic Mountains...the Mounties
Rocky Mountain National Park The Climbers Guide...Bernard Gillet
The High Peaks ...Richard DuMais
Rocky Heights a guide to Boulder free climbs...James S Erickson
A Climbers Guide to the Teton Range (condensed)...Leigh Ortenburger
2 Issues of Polar Circus
Climb! Rock Climbing in Colorado...Bob Godfrey and Dudley Chelton
So one would have to visit the Super Secret Moderator Forum to enjoy that lovely picture of Jennifer Connelly?
Okay, here's a less questionable picture of her:
Thank you for posting that picture and the one that's in the mod forum now