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This site is dedicated to
lovers of wilderness and remote places of
grandeur - an intimate exposure to the alpine
country; its mountains and glaciers, jagged
peaks, streams and high lakes, meadow
wildflowers, and old growth forests.
In addition: this site
endorsed the proposed Wild Sky Wilderness, as
well as the proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Expansion Project. And endorses the Stehekin
Road Bill as an access to the North Cascades
in Washington state.
It is intended to remind
man of his commitment to the preservation of wild
lands thereby protecting them for future
generations to enjoy, as well as the creatures
they nourish. In so doing, we must remember
not to exclude ourselves from what we wish to
preserve, to include maintaining access roads for
recreational purposes such as hiking, climbing,
fishing and hunting.
And in our wandering, let us respect
the wild for what it is and tread lightly
thereupon it recognizing its fragility.
The concept of this site
actually began in manuscript form during the
1960s when I first became incensed with the
multiude of destructive practices affecting our
natural resources such as: clear-cutting in
National Forests and causing siltation of salmon
streams. Thus, it is my sincere hope that you
enjoy the text and photos of this site, and
perhaps rediscover your own inner feelings about
how we view what wild lands remain and how we
should treat them. Ceratinly, the aesthetic value
these wild lands have upon mankind, is far more
important to him and the earth now, than the
amount of monetary gains that can be derived from
them. In essence, the true meaning of our public
lands and wild lands lies in the aesthetic value
it brings to mankind, not the dollars it can
generate through industrial revenue, and or by
who is using them for what price. "Without
trees (to include the huge lowland-river second
growth) and land set aside, there is no
forest."
"If our children
never experience the grandeur of these environs,
surely mankind will suffer for it in the
end."
note: this site contains
only a small fraction of the many adventures in
the wild, that my friends and I have shared
together for well over the past 45 years. We hope
you enjoy them as well as the Mountaineering
Guest Verse.
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