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RocTrip City Threatened

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:39 am
by bentley
Petzl helps us out and now we have the opportunity to help them out!

The host area of RocTrip 2008 is slated to be quarried! There is an online petition at http://www.stonemonkeys.com/protest.html

Please take a minute to fill the petition out! It would speak very strongly to have a huge international group as well as the locals speaking up to prevent this.

Below is some basic information from the web site as well as links to some great RocTrip 2008 pictures.


Unfortunately it's happened! Numerous companies intend to quarry at the Ginzling Taufenkopf and the Zillergrundwald. Although they have not yet received permission to do so, they will probably receive it shortly. Since the local tourist agency and everyone else has not achieved much so far, we now want to show the companies that climbers are against quarrying in the Zillertal Nature Preserve. Unfortunatly it often happens that locals get the short end of the deal, but who knows, with your help things might change! We now need your help! We really need your support, please sign the online form to protest against the quarrying and to preserve these crags in the Zillertal!

http://michaelfuselier.petzlteam.com//i ... -Zillertal

http://www.petzlteam.com/

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:52 am
by bentley
I don't think you have to even put a comment in.
Just your name and country.

It takes 5 seconds!

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:02 pm
by ecp88
Done.

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:08 pm
by captain static
This happened to an area in Virginia where I used to climb called Willis Mountain. If you visit this website http://www.talkingproud.us/VirginiaPDBuckingham.html and scroll down you can see the mine pit which is all that is left of what used to be a mountain topped by a wonderful fin of rock.