Thursday October 12, 2006

Mineral King The Carson area computer vet mentioned Mineral King in his blog the other day. The entry pointed to a slice of Mineral Kings history. As it happens I was 5 around the time that Disney was attempting to turn Mineral King into a ski resort and my father and I had just started taking a series of backpacking trips to the area which was to cover more then the next decade. This controversy was my first foray into trying to understand some of the issues behind trading off easier access to some very delicate ecoclimets and the need to maintain some of the most beautiful places in the world. Today I live in Tahoe where access is easier but there are often conflicts between nature and man, beauty and man. I'm happy that other remote areas like Mineral King are kept for future generations to enjoy as I did when I was a youth. ( Oct 12 2006, 11:04:20 AM PDT ) Permalink