Necedah & Hillbilly Hollow Request

This really applies to all of our small, non-state park climbing areas, but those two are the more popular of the bunch. From the Wisconsin Climbers Association - if you live or climb in Wisconsin please read and share:

With Wisconsin state parks closed, we know the temptation is greater than ever to travel to climb in one of the smaller crags across the state. Please help us, your climbing partners, your future self, and your community ensure that we are continued to be viewed as a positive user group of public lands in the state by:

HELP KEEP YOUR LOCAL AREAS OPEN Outdoor areas like the state parks are closing due to unprecedented crowds, litter, vandalism and a failure to social distance. Wherever you recreate, if there is a full parking lot, leave and make plans to go elsewhere locally to help keep the areas we have left open. Do not park in undesignated areas or neighborhoods. Practice leave no trace at all times as you would anywhere else.

NOT TRAVELLING TO CLIMB OR RECREATE. Our friends at the Ice Age Trail Alliance have a handy metric for what “close to home” means, and recommend limiting it to no more than 50 miles from your home to recreate, with a strong leaning towards travelling less than 5 miles. This means for most of us, climbing areas like Hillbilly Hollow and Necedah are not local.

RESPECT SMALL COMMUNITIES It is difficult to socially distance at smaller crags and these areas are in smaller, rural communities that have limited medical resources. COVID-19 may have low consequences for you personally, but that isn’t the case for everyone.

The WCA has been working diligently for years to help maintain and expand access to climbing statewide. Continue to help us be perceived positively as a climbing community to ensure the WCA can continue to advocate for you, the climbing community, to maintain access and good working relationships with landowners.

PLEASE STAY HOME & LOCAL.

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