JTree Hobbit Hole Bonfires: Rangers Seeking Information

Fear mongering anti hippie propaganda 

Joe Swandawg wrote:

Fear mongering anti hippie propaganda 

If there’s a back door to the park the hippies should be forced to use it.

Tradiban wrote:

If there’s a back door to the park the hippies should be forced to use it.

Hippies are citizens too. Equal justice.

Why TF are people listening to cops in this thread? Get the fuck off mountain project you pigs and get a real job

4ist P wrote:

Why TF are people listening to cops in this thread? Get the fuck off mountain project you pigs and get a real job

Damned ol dirty hogs aren’t they?

4ist P wrote:

Why TF are people listening to cops in this thread? Get the fuck off mountain project you pigs and get a real job

Despite the witch hunt style of this “investigation” it’s high time something is done about the sport climbers in the park.

I applaud the efforts of our boys in green and expect my Junior Law Enforcement Ranger badge in the mail post haste.

4ist P wrote:

Why TF are people listening to cops in this thread? Get the fuck off mountain project you pigs and get a real job

This is so wrong. If there were no LEOs in the park it would be like a homeless encampment/aftermath of a Grateful Dead show, you'd be wading through garbage and begging stinky hippies to get to all the routes. They have their place, besides they are all first responders too.

Let's all get along wrote:

Oh come on now.  Can't even muster up an old fashioned "Pine Pig"? 

In the interest of expanding these hippies' vocabulary lets workshop the following terms:

Hidden Valley Hogs

Cholla Chonchos

Sand Swine

Creosote Cops

Lol! “Pine Pig”.

And people wonder why climbers get singled out by LEOs sometimes….

John Clark wrote:

And people wonder why climbers get singled out by LEOs sometimes….

And they wonder why they’re called “dirtbags”.

Always glad to see Southern California continuing to represent climbing in such a beautiful light... the light of a fire. More proof that clipping bolts leads right into misdemeanors and a life of crime.

Used 2climb wrote:

Always glad to see Southern California continuing to represent climbing in such a beautiful light... the light of a fire. More proof that clipping bolts leads right into misdemeanors and a life of crime.

I think you meant Chopping*

M M wrote:

Please dont come to the next bonfire and tell stories ok?

Haha, underrated comment

As per usual the internet has elicited some rather inflammatory characterizations on the state of affairs in joshua tree.

This incendiary episode does not fit climber M.O. , however. Ancestral twilight activities for climber kind typically involve soloing the Bong or Upper Right Ski Track, or getting lost in the chasm of doom following a few rounds of "picklebacking", and/or "toking over the line". Rangers are advised to stake out these areas for illicit climber activity, however navigating the chasm with night vision goggles is considered aid.

jt newgard wrote: however navigating the chasm with night vision goggles is considered aid.

NVG’s require ambient light to operate so wouldn’t work in a cave anyway. My experience from the Marine Corps tells me if there’s enough ambient light for the Nods to work that your basic eye balls night vision would work better anyway.

The only thing they were really useful for was shooting with Infrared Lasers, invisible to the naked eye.

Of course, ours were second hand, scratched to hell, and super old, but given the state of the average National Park budget I doubt the JTree rangers have the funds for high end kit.

:P

Hurricane Hilary wrote:

As much as you guys want the rangers to care about your chasm of doom runs I think the boring truth is they actually don’t give a shit. 

This

As much as you guys want the rangers to care about your chasm of doom runs I think the boring truth is they actually don’t give a shit

Can someone explain why they would or should? Are we not supposed to do that or something??

I was being facetious, lighten up u guys!

I heard the James Webb telescope finds the atmospheric composition of planets in the infrared spectrum. So Alex you can take it up with the space nerds hogging all the fancy equipment ;)

John Clark wrote:

And people wonder why climbers get singled out by LEOs sometimes….

I’ve been pulled over four times as a driver in my life. Three of them in Yosemite. No charges, and at times they really tried. The one pine pig was trying to “bro” me into admitting to having pot (that I didn’t have). “C’mon, bro” while doing a sobriety test on me in front of 40 filming euros on a bus tour, lol! He came up well short of anything and then told me before dismissing me not to speed anymore (not the reason he initially said he’d pulled me over). So, yeah, I’m still in the “wonder why” camp.

Also, a partner and I got a ride in Yosemite (well, Tuolumne) from a kind ranger, so I’ll not say they’re all playing those games. I’m not against LEO but it’s strange that a place I spend a very minor fraction of my life accounts for 75% of my traffic stops.

Alex Fletcher wrote:

My experience from the Marine Corps 

Thank you for your service