Rock Climbing News June 2006

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FRIDAY, 30 JUNE 2006
	Forest Area Closed to Save Falcons
	All climbing routes on Chimney Rock in the Hume Lake Ranger District have been closed by Sequoia National Forest to protect a peregrine falcon's nest. Violating this forest order can draw a citation leading to a fine of up to $5,000. The nest contains three young chicks, the first to successfully hatch in the area in more than 30 years. Peregrines are sensitive to humans; disturbance cau Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 29 JUNE 2006
	Rock Climbers Not Guilty of Destroying Plant Life
	Research has repeatedly shown that climbing routes have half the plant richness of unclimbed cliffs. These studies have given climbers a bad rap and led many reserves to put their cliffs off limits. According to researchers, plants make climbing dangerous because the roots break up the rocks. Climbers would prefer climbing solid stone cliffs over plant-covered ones, which makes the ecolog Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 27 JUNE 2006
	World-Class Rappelling in the City of Rocks
	In 1988, the Congress set aside the Southeastern Idaho of geologic oddities as a national reserve to recognize its significance as a historical landmark in California Trail. But today, most of more than 70,000 travelers in the City of Rocks annually come not for pioneer recollection but for world-class rappelling. According to Brad Schilling who has been the City of Rocks' climbing range Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 22 JUNE 2006
	Tam O'Shanter Peak: a new rock-climbing attraction
	The Arizona Legislature gave the final approval to Senate Bill 1550 which would turn Tam O'Shanter Peak into a world-class rock-climbing attraction and Arizona's newest state park. But don't pack up that gear and head for the hills just yet. Congress must first approve a complex series of federal land swaps with private owners to open a new mining site in Superior as well as to secure th Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 21 JUNE 2006
	Chill Program Sends 18 Kids to BC
	Summer is here but it does not mean that one cannot go snowboarding whenever one wants to. Once again, Chill has chosen a number of kids to spend eight days at a snowboarding camp in British Columbia to learn about freestyle snowboarding and engage in a lot of other sporting activities. "Chill is an intervention program for disadvantaged inner-city kids, ages 10 to 18," according to their Read Full Story