Why? What is the internet but a source of information? Now that the new Horan guidebook includes some extremely limited information about Area A, people will have a place to start, but honestly. If you are not from Colorado, does that mean you are not entitled to experience an amazing place like Mt. Evans. If you’re not from Colorado, what are the chances that you know someone who could “show you around PROPERLY.”

Obviously, we would all love to have a human guide for every bouldering outing, but we can’t all take 6 month bouldering trips and maybe we don’t have time to hang out at a gym or something long enough to meet someone willing to “come up and share some adventure.” Very romantic, but for all but an (dare I use the word) elite few, unrealistic, patronizing, and far from simple.

And about impact, it can be more easily controlled if people have accurate information. What creates social trails all over creation is groups of people with nothing but a sliver of information wandering around.

Again, I realize that it is not the purpose of this blog to provide guides or information. Still you can’t blame people for wanting it or for asking for it. In fact, instead of blaming them or encouraging friendliness or whatever, you could point them in a direction, or not. Whatever.

The proper way to discover the various areas is to hook up with the people that know these areas well so they can show you around PROPERLY. Almost all of the boulders in the Mount Evans Wildeness Area require off-trail travel … we don’t need people hiking all over creation making more social trails than are absolutely necessary. Be friendly, meet some new folks, come up and share some adventure. It’s pretty simple.

BTW Jamie, Aldrich did the dihedral at Area D last week. Tendon thinks he called it The Prestige. Another one bites the dust.