Bolting_In_Wilderness_Areas

Bolting In Wilderness Areas Bolting In Wilderness Areas Environmental ethics in America is a fairly new train of thought in America. Few people in America even think about the ethics of what we do to the environment for our own needs and wants. The wilderness act of 1964 was made to protect a small peace of what is left of the truly natural environments left in our country. Big business, conservationists and the government are in a constant battle to decide what should and should not be allowed under this act. One of the issues that has come up in recent years is the issue of permanent bolting for climbers in wilderness areas. This issue can be seen from a couple of different angles. One can look at it from a human-interest point of view or one can look at it from a conservationist point of view. Those who see bolting in wilderness areas from a human-interest point of view have a good argument. There are a lot of climbers mainly climb on bolted climbs. These climbers are known as sport climbers and they make up a big part of the people who climb in wilderness areas and therefor a big part of the money wilderness, bolting, climbers, big, areas, think, permanent, issue, bolts, climb, argument, people, money, lot, recreation, one, take, environment, side, say, put, out, human-interest, human, government, environmental, conservationists, companies, act, view, should, make, little, don’t, climbs