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9.4.17: Wake Up Wyoming

September 5, 2017 Max Mogren

Labor Day Love, Hurricane #Irma Inbound, #Harvey Reconstruction Redefines Debt Ceiling Debate, Cryptocurrencies Getting Walloped Today, and More: Wake Up Wyoming: 09/4/17

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The draconian local, state, and federal government responses to a new strain of coronavirus have drastically -- and negatively -- affected far more lives than the virus itself. Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs, tens of millions of people are quarantined in their homes, the DOW has dropped 11,000 points, and the real economy is in even worse shape. As if all that wasn't bad enough, now there is an absurd push to close access to our public lands with intent to "stop the spread of the pandemic". Online there has been a notable uptick in public shaming directed at people who choose to play outside, and San Juan County, Colorado recently banned backcountry activities like skiing and snowmobiling. Of course, these healthy, harmless outdoor activities are also forbidden in areas where the entire population has been put on house arrest as well. Public shaming towards and outright banning of outdoor recreation is ridiculous for several reasons: 1. Remote backcountry areas are quite literally the least likely place to contract COVID or any other communicable disease. 2. At this stage of the situation, our healthcare system is NOT flooded with or overwhelmed by COVID patients. Coast to coast there are only 27,004 confirmed cases of COVID. Approximately three hundred and thirty one MILLION people live in the USA, so only 0.008% of the population has a confirmed case of COVID. The vast majority of these 27,004 COVID patients are quietly recovering at home. The hospitals are not overrun with sick and dying people. Ambulances are not wailing through the streets. Any healthcare systems currently strained are dealing more with the inevitable results of the constant fear, panic, and stress brought on by the mainstream media's incessant deluge of doom and gloom spewing from this overhyped situation. 3. Backcountry wilderness activities rarely result in the need for rescues. I don't have an actual statistic on this one, but each day hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of Americans access our public lands for various reasons and an overwhelming majority of these folks do not need to be rescued or assisted in any way. Still scared? #stayhome and #stfu

As the fear porn surrounding the Coronavirus is used to disrupt societal sanity, crash the global economy, and push us all deeper into a dystopian surveillance state, I realize that I cannot stop the suicidal system destroying our planet, but I can help by taking up the fight locally. You can too. I reckon that if we all keep our eyes on the prize and kick our creativity and consciousness into gear we can at least slow the sucker down long enough for the miraculous to occur. At the moment I am backcountry skiing in a Canadian national park and making the most of the serene wilderness experience to contemplate the absurdity of society, rewire my mind, and manifest solutions. Yada yada be the change. I see the importance of protecting these wild places which our colonizing ancestors had the rare foresight to set aside with intent to be preserved. We whiteys have certainly succeeded at destroying a lot of North America in our short time here, but I believe we can turn the tide. One local issue we can focus on -- and win -- is to keep creeping corporation interests out of our National Parks, especially the backcountry wilderness areas. A multinational corporation based in Canada has a zero right to conduct business in the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park. I see where this is going and it needs to be nipped in the bud. The rat race sucks, and it has no place in our parks. Under the guise of providing "education" and "safety" global corporations like Arc'teryx are setting themselves up to sell what isn't theirs. Not surprisingly, the same flavors of BS are being used to sell the Coronavirus panic. Yesterday I ran into one of the short-sighted self-promoters who brought the #arcteryxacademy and #arcteryxtrips programs to GTNP. After setting up shop in the Teton Range just long enough to geotag the Park, sell off its secrets, and get a global corporation's fat foot in the door, he's contemplating a move to Canada. Gooooooodbye... ...or is it hello?! Anyone who'd like discuss these issues in person need only seek out Wyoming plates parked atop Rogers Pass. I'll be enjoying Canada's crown jewel all week and turning zero profit in #theprocess 🖖😁🤙

Yesterday I stood high in the mountains atop a wind-whipped rock outcrop when inspiration *licked* me like a lightning-kissed Tesla tower so I wrote The Creation and Destruction of Exum's Arc'teryx Academy... READ MORE at LINK IN BIO https://tukadika.com/2020/02/02/the-creation-and-destruction-of-exums-arcteryx-academy/ #arcteryxacademy #exum #arcteryx #gtnp #tetons #goatworthy #backcountry #ski #snowboard #jacksonhole 🖖😁🤙

🌲🦑🤺🌲HOWDY!🌲🦑🤺🌲 I want to know what YOU think about the trend towards more commercialization of the backcountry in and around Grand Teton National Park. If you'd like to remain anonymous say so, & I will respect your privacy. I hope to hear a wide variety of perspectives about Exum's recently established #arcteryxacademy and their upcoming #arcteryxtrips joint business (ad)ventures. Exum and Arc'teryx have hopped into bed together and are cocreating customers in a manner normally reserved for rabbits. In two short winters their partnership has pumped up the number of simultaneous and season total commercial ski trips in the #teton #backcountry to unprecedented levels. Further growth seems a sure thing since their Academy specializes in graduating repeat customers. Some locals are concerned that the avalanche safety of all backcountry visitors is compromised when Exum launches large groups (literally dozens) of guided skiers up & down avalanchey peaks in overlapping succession. One morning last winter I passed ~69 (seriously, ~69!) Arc'teryx Academy skiers and splitboarders simultaneously ascending the skintrack from Death Canyon to Wimpy's Knob. Folks were lined up below and across the assorted slide paths on a Considerable avalanche danger day. 69 of 'em. Seriously. The new Arc'teryx Trips program recently went live online and is reportedly all the talk at 50+ Arc'teryx stores globally and at countless other retailers that carry the clothing brand. Among other things Arc'teryx Trips is selling exclusive (and expensive) trips up the Grand Teton and into the most sacred Cirques of the Wind River Wilderness. Don't worry if this year's *exclusive* Arc'teryx trips are already booked up: Exum will gladly charge you for your own little guided adventure to the same overcommercialized location at a comparable price. Sure Exum can market its services and sign deals for gear discounts but *should* a global clothing brand based in Canada be advertising and selling trips for a concession service in Our Parks? My perspective is strongly opposed to these business relationships and the precedents they set. Maybe you can persuade me otherwise. 🖖🤪🤙

If you don't know, go. If you can't go check out WYDAH🌎 SN🍩W: 10.10.19: For the sake of slaying FOMO I had to go ski the ghee. Currently it's boney AF and you're not missing out at all unless you enjoy high risk, low quality dust on crust turns or low angle, high elevation dog walking on skis. Fyi the barricades at the base of the Ghee aren't there to limit offseason access but merely to keep folks and critters from walking on the recently resurfaced concrete. Whew! 🖖🤪🤙

Just wrapped up a blazing fast build in a brand new 2019 #dodge #promaster for the #jacksonhole @windshield_doctor, and we are both stoked with how it turned out. Working alongside Thomas was a real treat and he even took the time to install a few new windshields for me and my neighbor Bob. Thanks Thomas! His rig is primarily for work but he wants to use it for roadtrips occassionally, so we made a removable bed platform that slides in atop the work bench and catches that rail on the passenger side behind the sliding door. The glass rack is removable as well, and all nine lights are dimmable. Next spring he might be installing a roof vent fan so we prepped the van for that as well. This build was a great reminder how quickly a rig can come together when someone knows what they want and helps throw down throughout #theprocess. If you know what you want and are willing to help make it a reality we can build out your rig together in a week or two. 🖖😃🤙

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