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11-12-2014, 06:20 PM #21
You are reading way too much into my post.
The only thing my post did was answer a question Scott asked, which was why would anyone required rescue in such an easy canyon as LWH. All I did was present him with a couple known examples.
The post was not intended to support any type of argument or statics.
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11-12-2014 06:20 PM # ADS
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11-12-2014, 06:28 PM #22Just where is it I could find bear, beaver, and other critters worth cash money when skint?
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11-12-2014, 06:32 PM #23
Something to keep in mind here is the Swell is going to get stiffer land management in the near future one way or another. The Swells days as a wild BLM free fire zone are numbered.
I assume you all know the Swell has been considered for both national park and national monument status among other management plans in recent years. The place is special and stricter management will happen in the not to distant future, so pick your master wisely. The one choice that will not be on the menu for long is to keep it as is.
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11-12-2014, 06:40 PM #24
FWIW- personally I don't believe the SAR reasoning currently holds much weight. Emerey County handles SAR in the Swell and the SAR team is based out of Price.
Also in its current form the Goblin Valley ranger station doesn't have the manpower to lunch much of a SAR mission and continue to effectively service the park. If the park increases in size to what they are asking they probably would have the manpower in house to both launch a SAR and service the park.
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11-12-2014, 06:41 PM #25
Nailed it. Personally, I'd like things to stay just as they are...a free for all area, a big place where anything (without serious damage) occurs.
I remember back in the late 80s through the mid 90s...you could venture out there and see very few people, mostly locals. Cowboys and ranchers, a few people on ATVs, a few other campers here and there. Sometimes you'd wouldn't see anybody for days. The Escalante was like this...the swell was serious boondocks. Things certainly have changed.The end of the world for some...
The foundation of paradise for others.
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11-12-2014, 06:51 PM #26
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11-13-2014, 06:29 AM #27I remember back in the late 80s through the mid 90s...you could venture out there and see very few people, mostly locals.
It was in 1985 when Kelsey first published the canyon in his Colorado Plateau guide. In 1986 it came out in the San Rafael guide. Since then the canyons became more and more well known. When we went in 1987, the rangers at Goblin Valley told us that lots of people ask about directions to Little Wildhorse Canyon (the roads back then weren't marked and even the road to Goblin Valley was all gravel from the highway) and they all have "that book".Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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11-13-2014, 08:11 AM #28
The first time I did LWH was the early 90's. It was a beautiful Saturday in the spring and I was the only one there. I camped Friday night at the trailhead, hiked the standard loop in the morning and never saw another person. Those days are long gone. You can't put the genie back in the bottle.
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11-20-2014, 09:19 AM #29
Hahahaha. Godwin's Law on the first page of this thread. Hilarious.
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