Gary Schenk wrote:Old 1/4"ers have been replaced with 3/8", sometimes with power drills, mostly hand drilled.
Some locals have put up some new routes on the Aviator Wall, their method of drilling is unkown to me.
You could hardly call it "proliferation". But power drills should not be used in a wilderness area.
Gary,
To the LM's, verbage is simply verbage.
But the Wilderness Act is the law that they must uphold. It is their responsibility. PD's are a clear violation of the law in place.
Bottom line, things are being done, once again, without contacting the LM's, communicating with them and getting their blessings on method/manner of rebolting and if placing new routes/bolts is allowed.
That appears to be the LM's beef. And rightly so IMO.
*Communicate with the local LM's, build a good solid rapport, include them in the loop, get their blessing and things will work out for all involved. This clearly was not the case here as it has been in many of the other CLOSURES throughout the United States in the past 20 or so years.
* This approach works. It hasn't failed me nor the others that I know and learned this mannerism from in the past 20 or so years, yet!