tracyfoutz wrote:I think "unclimbable" is a relatively subjective misnomer. Since there are different risks involved in climbing or hiking certain peaks - some may deem them "unclimbable." Risks involve physically failing on some peaks and "getting caught" on other peaks. The idea is to return alive and return undetained by law enforcement.
There are peaks on the Nevada Test Site that some people deem "unclimbable." They probably are for most people. Mt. Rushmore is deemed "unclimbable" by some people. Morro Rock in California, Shiprock in New Mexico, Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe, and some sea stacks along the Oregon Coast are others that come to mind. You don't know until you try, and before you try you have to ask yourself is it worth the risk - not only to yourself but the bad rap it may give the climbing community.
If you picked a windy, rainy, moonless night and had night vision goggles, is there a chance you could get away with climbing a restricted "off-limits" peak? Possibly - but is it worth it to you. You don't know for certain until you (or someone else) does it succesfully.
tracyfoutz wrote:Shiprock in New Mexico, Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe, and some sea stacks along the Oregon Coast are others that come to mind.
cftbq wrote:Can't resist putting in my $.02 worth here. This is another sad consequence of the paranoid militarization of America.
The fact that the military has been turned loose, with all their secrecy and penchant for violence, to block American citizens from peacefully climbing mountain peaks in America should be all that any rational American needs to see that this has all gone much too far...but, unfortunately, it isn't. RIP, democracy.
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