after 25 years of climbing much of it in north east ohio my frustration over the limited access in my region has reached a boiling point. how many more years will we have to hide from the rangers ? why should we hide? our crime is recreation on public lands that happen to have a policy that is based in the logic of those who find pollution acceptable on all sides of the park yet a person who would immerse them selfs in nature ie swimmers climbers boaters mtn bikers are strictly prohibited from connecting with the environments we love!
this dam is a prime example of the hypocrisy's at work they may tear this down in 18 months but the scar it will leave is going to huge and no you are not permitted to boat this grand water!
along the glenn trail is a large collection of marginal cliff faces about 10% would be serviceable .
this is currently what the gorge looks like .water filled with garbage and run off contamination this is ok? but climbing here is not ok? a statement a ranger gave to me when i asked this was" keeping all people out of here is how we will keep it from being trashed" this is reverence to the east bank were most of the viable rock is. conservation area signs cloud the vista of what could be the most beautiful spot in akron! right now its covered in contamination left behind from a coal burning power plant (AEP)
we also are told that the endangered monks hood is being cloned and transplanted in this toxic stew then the plant are sold to the cleveland zoo. so they dont want any body to ruin this cash cow..Climber shouldn't be their concern. these imbalances should be addressed and in fact are! thanks to the NEOCC and theAkron Bouldering Co op the park is now hearing our concerns we shall see how they respond.
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