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LETTERS Climbing choice Somewhere Hi the sadness of losing two University colleagues we have forgotten wfiv many of hi go into t)i»i mountains Tho editorial (OUfc. Nov t:t), while well intentioned, is mis guided in suggesting that back pat Jims should b«> forced to "uv* the trm king devit if you want to experience the mountain (lertainl) I am not against.lha idea of having personal locators available to those that wish to Use them, fait they should not lie fori ed upon those of us who wish to e*|Mirience nature on its terms We are a country that is based on freedom of c hon n, and we are one of the few countries blessed with undeveloped mountains in which to expert elite that freedom We codified the idea of wilderness ns an area where man i an urn ounter nature yvith out the aid of powered equip merit where man can Study J apart eve thii Swnmorl WVJ W*» •r'-th 4S )»(»*'**** •rwnVViwHJi Ikverrv'ty M l k Owi ( o»*f* ** PSrtU^d. 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' pure fff/; i tjekxt Oectftt&t )1‘ Council Travel 71SSW Morifion #600 Port Sand OR97SOS 1 800 5 COUNCIL (1 800 296 8624) local (503)SS9-1900 la» '.M)3)?7}ft4SO w experience nature on its terms nml under its < ondition* This is not philosophy hut the actual law of the Wilderness Act of 1 Having worked in Alaska managing wilderness areas for the Forest Service during the last five years, I know 1 am not alone in the desire to have the freedom to go out in the woods, get lost or to die even in attempt to experience the jov of life that emerges in taking such a risk That freedom is a major tenet of our Constitution; it is one of the major tenets that shaped who we am as Americans I do not know if Mu hard Casey and Frank Allard consid ered this when they went in the I hrve Sisters Wilderness And I do not claim to know what their philosophies were The question is Do we lake responsibility for people, or do we let them he responsible for themselves? Required survival training which one of them had. is JOIN NOWt DOC'S COCKTAIL RESEARCH TEAM 165 W. Iltti • 6W-6101 BLUES JAM $1.00 EVERY MONDAVI WED 15 NOV TREE FROGS FR1 17 NOV RENEGADE SAINTS SAT 18 NOV The REVELATORS TUE 21 NOV PU L LLSIXSKI admirable*: enforced um of a per sonal lotjitor is not It is contrary to the idea of wilderness and the fundamental reasons why many of us go into the mountains Let it lie a choii e. not a law Matthew Myers Graduate Landscape Architecture Two salutes I must take extreme exception to your editorial (ODt. Nov J1) Morv laws governing bw k i min try behavior are the last thing that we need What we need more of is a sense of personal responsibility and self reliance if we are to travel in the bin k country I am first of all going to assume that no one on the edito rial staff is n c limber To make thi> statement: "Attempting to ascend the mountain solo was his first mistake" is out of line A solo attempt is only a mistake when you are ill-prepared or choose to ignore weather condi tions or your own abilities The reason for the growing number of an idents. injuries and deaths, is that not only are the. numbers of i limbers mui other outdoor enthusiasts grow ing, but they are less prepared In the case of the two gentle men still missing, perhaps they picked the wrong time to go. especially if the route involved glacier travel A slip on hare n n or even uin onsolidated snow over ice can fn> disastrous The iat i or tne manor in nowever, that climbers art* still response bit* for fewer rescues being tailed out than are hikers ami lost tourists Most i limbers have gone through their i limbing experi ences with the attitude If I get hurt or lost, it's up to me and my partner to get ourselves out of it ' Now. w ith the advent of cel lular phones and other technol ogy, the attitude is "If I get my ass m a bind, someone else will take i art* of me " The best life-saving technolo gy that we have is the concept of self rest ue The regulating of tile bat k country runs contrary to what outdoor enthusiasts want namely a chance to feel free, without restric tions, answering to no one If you really want to save lives in the hat k country, pave it You say it's time for the Forest Servic e to enforc e a polu v of using tracking duvu es if some one wishes to climb I say it's time for the Forest Service to implement this poli i v If you want to climb, raft. ski or hike in the back country, then do it at your own risk I fee! had that the two young men on the North Sister haven't Nsm found But to rt«]uire them to wear locators doesn't solve anything it only impinges on the sense of freedom that most of us go into the hack < ountry to find If death aw aits so be it Better to die on a mountain, having full knowledge that you are responsible for your choices to dl» in coma stupid, meaningless accident. 1 salute Allard and Casey for haying the cajones to go find their freedom And to your edi torial staff, who probably needs someone to change their dia pers, I salute you with my mid dle finger extended Rob Henkel Springfield Freedom danger The call to legislate safety in the outdoors (ODE. Nov 13) is flowed because it misunder stands the relationship between clim!>ers and mountains People go to the mountains for many different reasons natural lieauty, solitude and the satis faction of a physical challenge in an unyielding area A law mandating “cell phones and personal locator devices " over looks some fundamental ele ments of mountaineering Danger is an integral part ot mountain climbing Thu satis faction of n mountaineering von tori- be it South Sister or Denali, lies not on I v in its pin \ ii al demands but in the negoti ation between risk and self-reliance that oat b climber pursues on every glacier and every ridge The Emt-rald no doubt is tr\ mg to “do something" to address the recent accident but would do well to reflect on the nature of a sport that aims for freedom in a setting that reminds chmliers daily that they are very small and nature is verv large This contrast is at the heart of the urge that takes a person into the big mountains Insofar as you would that urge with regu lations, you would perpetuate the very attitude of control and administration that climbers go to the mountains to esc ape Climbers who wish to rent cellular phones or similar device* are free to do so I am saddened by the possible deaths of these two men who loved the outdoors, but your editorial seem* an inappropriate memor ial to the passions that took them there Jett McCarthy English Student manners I am an Australian student attending my first quarter at the University of Oregon and 1 have to say i am so disgusted with the behavior of my fellow students ! am takin an Ament an History c lass, mainly for personal inter est but also because the class meats the Soc ial Science group requirement of the University What shocks me is the lac k of manner students exhibit in the c lass People talk through the lecture and the instructor is never able to finish lus sentence at the end of the class. Lecturing to a large audience is extremely difficult, particularly when there are stringent time limits, I think we should all understand if the class runs over a few moments! On one hand 1 under stand that students have other classes to attend, but an extra 30 seconds to listen to the profes sor's key points — is that too much to ask' These questions load me to ask why an* the students so dis respectful' 1 can only imagine that they are not paying for their own education Maybe it is just college behavior, attending class is purely an interruption to the student's social calendar. Or perhaps it's simply American culture at its best' It is ii wonder to me that the professor continues to attend class 1 would not attend a meeting where i was treated with such blatant disrespect I feel that not only is the instruc tor violated, but so are other stu dents such as myself who are genuinely interested in the class and truly want to hear what the instructor has to sav. 1 have worked anil saved lor three years to put myself through college, and I want to get mv money's worth. I want to hear that last sentence of every lei tore Mv message for mv classmates? Please leant some manners and show some respect for the instructor And if you choose not to, I hope vou receive Ds in all your classes!' indigo Teiwes Business Five More Reasons to Quit Smoking t. I 3. 4. 5. Chemicals: Tobacco smoke contains 4.000 chemicals and 200 known poisons. Including benzene, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide. Side Stream smoke: Inhaled by nor. smokers. It has higher concentrations of some harm hi compounds than the mainstream smoke bthaied by the smoker. SeCOIld Smoke and lunQ cancer: bi toe®, the Surgeon (taneral of the U.S. reported that Involuntary smoking can cause lirtg cancer In nonsmoken. Babies, bi the first two years of dfe, babies of parents who smoke at home have a much higher rate of ling diseases such as bronchitis and pneumonia than babies with nonsmoking parents. Children. Parents who smoke at home can aggravate symptoms of asthma and even trigger episodes. Acute respiratory Illnesses happen twice as often to young children whose parents smoke around them as opposed to children of nonsmoking parents. Ct,v®/ . •ft^rrinm AOKEOlXT Breath Easy. Kick the habit on November IB &onf)/0Ctu;k& bv Jane Martin Arena Theatre 8 00 p m. 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