climb2core wrote:The magnitude of this “environmental impact” needs to be quantified. Short of some endangered cliff species, I hazard to guess that driving to Red causes more environmental impact than the 20-30 feet of erosion and compaction at the base of the crag. Of the tens of thousands of cliffline in Ky, the crags most likely impact a mile or two.
Want to talk about a paper thin argument? Pretty sure that was one of Trump's arguments for reducing Bear's Ears. Hey we are only going to destroy some of it, so no big deal. One, it's far more than a mile or two of cliff line... Second, I very much doubt that the people driving there are having more of an impact with emissions, than the tens of thousands that are walking the trails and climbing. Especially when you consider the number of people that live close by and that stay down there for the climbing season.