the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service introduced a proposal that would define fixed anchors as “installations,” which are prohibited in Wilderness areas. In effect, this would have made climbing all but illegal across wilderness-designated public lands. Along with anchors, bo...
TheClethenham Chroniclealso alleged that the occupation of a climbing boy extended “vagabondism and crime” because once a child outgrew his position and literally could not fit in the chimney, he was left adrift. “Ignorant, emaciated, starving, – what is to restrain these unhappy creatures...
order is not beholden to any facts. As the programmers say, even for a faultless system, “garbage in, garbage out”. I knew about the allure of order and its unwholesome consequences because I had seen it in my own family. That is how I could spot its influence on William, and it ...