205asobotka
Feb 27, 2012, 10:44 PM
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A few weeks ago i went out to the sant tans with a fellow climber, Aaron Collins (ldsclimber), for the first time to put up a new route with him. while on the route we were confronted by a park ranger and told that we must come down from the crag. we both received trespassing tickets from the maricopa county sheriffs department. while we were there we talked with a park manager about the value of the location and possibly having it opened to the climbing community, since then Aaron has made contact with the park and it looks like we may be making some headway on getting it re-opened. There is power in numbers, and if two climbers can get them to consider it, then im sure a few thousand can make it happen. we may already be losing Queen Creek so lets try to at least gain access here. This is the reply Aaron has received from the park. Hi Aaron, I spoke with the Park Superintendent last week about our conversation and the interest from the climbing community to obtain access to climb within San Tan and possibly other County Parks. If you could have other local climbing members send me an email identifying their wishes, it would be very much appreciated. I would recommend highlighting how often they climb, how long they have been climbing, technical aspects of climbs, Maricopa County Parks they may be interested in seeing climbing locations added to, etc… and anything else they consider to be of value or importance. I would also highly recommend including any destinations they currently enjoy climbing (primarily around the valley or in close proximity to), so it will provide examples of locations for us to check out and give us an opportunity to speak with land managers in those areas for added input. Once I have collected this information, I can then try to get a meeting coordinated with our management team and representatives from the climbing community. I would like to receive the feedback by March 31. Happy Trails, David Jordan Park Supervisor, San Tan Mountain Regional Park Maricopa County Parks & Recreation Department If you have climbed here before then im sure you thought just as much of the potential there is in the area as i have after one visit, if you haven't, then help to get it open so that you can! Austin Sobotka
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