National Park Service is changing centuries of direction with new plan for the Black Canyon

Guided Climbing to be prohibited in sections of the canyon.

Guided rock and mountain climbing started in the 1800’s in Europe. Canada had guided climbing in the late 1800’s. Guiding in the US soon followed. Hiring a guide to climb a mountain or rock allows someone with little experience about an area or the climb to experience it without the other issues facing first timers. A guide can also answer questions, tell you about the area and assist you in many areas and issues with your state besides just the climb. Guided climbing has a long and valued tradition in North America and Europe.
Guided climbing on federal land (NPS, BLM, USFS) provides income to the government and provides employment to guides.

However the National Park Service (NPS) is trying to change that in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. A new Wilderness and Backcountry Management Plan has been proposed that prohibits guided climbing in some sections of the park. The basis for the prohibition of guided climbing in the Inner Canyon Primitive Wilderness Subzone area of the park is to:

[I]mprove opportunities for challenge, self-reliance and adventure that are integral to the wilderness experience….

Wow, a guide removes the opportunity for challenge, self-reliance and adventure?

Bull

I bet within a week I can find 1000 clients of guides who will swear that they were challenged, they were self-reliant and the guide did nothing to change the adventure on their trip.

There are other restrictions that I can live with. There will be a limit of 15 bolts per year, three new rappel stations, no bolt ladders, no gear caches, no new trails and not ropes hanging for more than fourteen days. You may not agree with the other issues, comment as you feel appropriate.

Do Something and Do it Today. The comment period closes on ‘ 10/27/2011 at 11:59 PM.’

Read the plan. It can be found here.

Then go comment. You can comment here.

Tell the Park Service their reasons for prohibiting commercial guiding in the park is not based on any rational argument or any study. Tell the NPS that the plan is crap.

Contact your Senators and Representatives and let them know that you oppose the plan and want them to oppose the new plan also. Tell them the new plan will affect jobs in the United States and this is not the time for the federal government to be reducing jobs. On top of that, commercial guides provide a percentage of their income from guiding to the NPS. The NPS will be losing income by prohibiting guiding.

What do you think? Leave a comment.

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