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Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 5, 2013 - 08:38am PT
A disturbing trend, what the heck is wrong with people?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/us/as-vandals-take-to-national-parks-some-point-to-social-media.html?hp

A culture of number one......me, myself and I?
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 5, 2013 - 08:44am PT
Like all three of us think I'm rad!!!
Norwegian

Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
Jun 5, 2013 - 08:51am PT
3 is a magic #

somewhere in that ancient trinity,
you'll get three!
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mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jun 5, 2013 - 09:35am PT
Start with cutting off their spraying finger. Work thru the entire hand if necessary, or just cut off their head after the third strike.
Cheese theft and its reward.
johntp

Trad climber
socal
Jun 5, 2013 - 09:51am PT
A sad statement on our society.
Hawkeye

climber
State of Mine
Jun 5, 2013 - 10:29am PT
this is pretty straightforward, punishment should fit the crime.

tattoo the mofo's face with something terribly insulting, or better yet, carve it into the perp's head with a knife.

TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Jun 5, 2013 - 11:51am PT

I am not entirely serious (or facetious)...

You ever seen the 'Black Corridor' in Red Rock with all of it's hardware'a hanging?

Heck, by the early eighties Red Garden Wall in Eldo looked like a 'paint by numbers' canvas.

Chalk will eventually wash away.
Shiny, stainless steel chain tends to last a long, long time !
dirtbag

climber
Jun 5, 2013 - 12:02pm PT
Tie the f*#kers to a saguaro and beat them until they die.
Don Paul

Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
Jun 5, 2013 - 12:30pm PT
If they are posting pictures of their vandalism on facebook why can't they be arrested?
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Jun 6, 2013 - 11:20am PT
Look on the bright side.

Vandalism is solid proof that all the outreach intended to open up our parks to the inner city community is working.
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
Jun 6, 2013 - 11:29am PT
Vandalism is solid proof that all the outreach intended to open up our parks to the inner city community is working.

So true
Roots

Mountain climber
SoCal
Jun 6, 2013 - 03:35pm PT
I put most of the blame on a couple of major influences:

1. The Great Recession

2. REI
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
Jun 6, 2013 - 04:46pm PT
I put most of the blame on a couple of major influences:

1. The Great Recession

2. REI

And most of it occurs on Lembert Dome, but the perps


are




gonna







Die --









eventually.

Seriously, it really disgusts me to see vandalism perpetrated anywhere, but that in National Parks -- together with the pot-farm armies taking over swaths of public land -- evokes a much more emotional reaction.

John
throwpie

Trad climber
Berkeley
Jun 6, 2013 - 04:50pm PT
Is this what you're talking about?
Laine

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Jun 6, 2013 - 05:11pm PT
I have a feeling this trend will increase as residential development in the wildland-urban interface continues.
labrat

Trad climber
Auburn, CA
Jun 6, 2013 - 06:21pm PT
Post signs saying.

Adults will lose the hand of their choice. Kids will lose fingers. Parents of the kids can volunteer to take the punishments of their children......

:-) It will stop rather fast.
David Knopp

Trad climber
CA
Jun 7, 2013 - 11:17am PT
this just in, in today's morning report.

Friday, June 07, 2013


INCIDENTS

Lava Beds National Monument (CA)
Vandals Inflict Major Damage On Petroglyphs

On May 17th, rangers discovered vandalism in an area of the park known as Petroglyph Point. Damage included over 50 occurrences in which individuals had carved over prehistoric and historic petroglyphs (a form of rock art) across a 300 foot stretch of the west face of this important cultural site. Petroglyph Point contains thousands of culturally significant petroglyphs, the most concentrated number in the state of California, which may date as far back as 4,000 years and are important to members of The Klamath Tribes. A temporary site closure has been enacted and additional security measures have been taken while a long term protection plan is established. Rangers are currently conducting an investigation into this incident of vandalism. [Editor’s note: A related story on the upswing in vandalism in the national parks appeared in Tuesday’s New York Times and can be seen by click on the “More Information” link below].
[Submitted by Mike Reynolds, Superintendent]
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 7, 2013 - 11:24am PT

Tie the f*#kers to a saguaro and beat them until they die.

I say leave out "beat them".


At Petroglyph Point they had to surmount a fence to vandalize.
The other odd thing is that Lava Beds is a long ways from any place even
close to being considered 'urban' except Klamath Falls. But now that I
think about it Klamath Falls is pretty damn ghetto.


10b4me

Social climber
Jun 7, 2013 - 11:37am PT
I agree with Reilly. Just tie them to a saguaro in the middle of August, with a bottle of water just out of arms reach.
dirtbag

climber
Jun 7, 2013 - 11:42am PT
Your ideas are better.
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