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CA: Forest Service bans climbing at Tahoe's Cave Rock
sacbee ^
| July 11, 2003
| AP
Posted on 07/11/2003 1:16:15 PM PDT by lainie
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:52:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Rock climbing will be banned at a popular site at Lake Tahoe under a new management plan announced by the U.S. Forest Service.
The decision released Thursday said Cave Rock - a volcanic formation held sacred by the Washoe Tribe - is a cultural resource worthy of protection.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California; US: District of Columbia; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: caverock; environment; forestservice; rockclimbing; sigh
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:16:15 PM PDT
by
lainie
To: lainie
Oops, sorry, Nevadans. I guess it should read NV: not CA:, huh :-)
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:17:38 PM PDT
by
lainie
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:20:37 PM PDT
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To: lainie
This is a little much even for an agency riddled with incompetents and green zealots.
To: lainie
This is a little much even for an agency riddled with incompetents and green zealots.
To: lainie
Rock-worshippers win. Another example of lunacy.
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:22:43 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: lainie
Now just a minute. They're worshipping a ROCK?!?
To: Dog Gone
Rock-worshippers win. Another example of lunacy. Yeah, but I'd be pretty annoyed if people were rock-climbing the Vatican.
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:27:32 PM PDT
by
Modernman
To: lainie
Washoe shaman Henry Rupert practiced religious rituals at Cave Rock until 1965. Can't wait until Michael Newdow takes this case on. What about the separation of rock and state?
Maybe the druids will beat him up.
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:28:33 PM PDT
by
hattend
To: Modernman
I worship the ocean. I demand that people quit swimming in it.
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:33:40 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
I want tornadoes outlawed. They have no upshot and cost taxpayers millions each year.
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posted on
07/11/2003 1:42:03 PM PDT
by
lainie
To: lainie
Gustafson said the decision was not based on "North American religion versus climber conflict," but rather on "resource values versus user impacts." the BS meter is going off the scale. We all know that all non-Christian beliefs must be protected - regardless of the circumstances.
To: farmfriend
ping
To: lainie
Sacred Rocks...
Similar to the Sacred Toads that prevent usage of other public land in Southern California.
ALL public use (hiking, biking, driving) of Silverado Canyon is prohibited from May through September (with more closures in the works) because a species of Toad lives there.
Watermelon politics in true form.
Green is Red - Just say NO to Communism.
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posted on
07/11/2003 3:05:10 PM PDT
by
VxH
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