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Can u (expletive deleted by Mod.) believe this ?? 9-Sep-2012 At 9:48:37 PM sawmiller97

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>On a slow Sunday afternoon I decided to actually look through this bomb site and ponder how it relates to climbing. Still scratching my head.

>But here's a bunch of emotive words you should consider using in your next report on how people wash themselves too often, from the first (and only) two pages I read:

>Suitable, endangered, pristine, decimated, spectacular, contentious, vital, abundant, extremely, damaged, diverse, sensitive, degraded, and threatens.

>Perhaps I just hate nature and secretly wish for the Industrial Overlords to win the fight against Those Who Are One With the Land. Or I've spent too much time with too many lobby groups?

On 9/09/2012 davidn wrote:

> and ponder how it relates to climbing. Still scratching my head.

'...The listing of the Tasmanian wilderness as a World Heritage Area was an essential component of the landmark decision to halt construction of the Franklin dam. Listing also gave recognition to the natural and cultural values which make the area of outstanding universal significance...'

It all relates to the first picture in the first post : destruction of ancient forests 50metres from world heritage listed areas
The concept of ' buffer zone ' has now been abandoned and the official attitude is now " this is industrial logging here and 50 metres the other side of the clear-felled area is where your ' wilderness ' experience starts : ) "

If you go to climb the mighty NW face of Federation Peak , you will see how fark tup the picton valley has become ... thats if the experience of rock climbing on real mountains means more to you than putting another tick in a guide book / web-wank-tally site ...