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Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:10 pm
by TaylorHolt
To continue the theme of recent Denali topics:
The article doesn't go into much detail, the title pretty much sums it up. Yes, there are probably more important things for our legislators to be working on these days, but I for one would like to see the name change. That said, I'd be surprised if this went anywhere.
http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-2 ... t-mckinley
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:56 pm
by schrund
Maybe we could also re-name Quandary Peak to Bill Middlebrook Mountain?
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:02 pm
by Hacksaw
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:55 pm
by Derek
My favorite quote from the comments section:
How many tourists have climbed MT. McKinley? Taking that away from them would be a slap in their face.
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:00 pm
by TaylorHolt
Derek wrote:My favorite quote from the comments section:
How many tourists have climbed MT. McKinley? Taking that away from them would be a slap in their face.
Haha, yeah I got a kick out of that one as well. "Well I guess I have to go back and climb Denali since my McKinley summit no longer counts."
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:03 pm
by YooperJonKornely
C'mon now you crazy Alaskans... you all know that good ole' President McKinley was much more influential and important to the history of Alaska than the natives who lived there for 1000's of years...
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:09 pm
by 12ersRule
Somewhere in Alaska, there has to be a mountaineering route called Seward's Folly'. I want to climb that.
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:33 pm
by RoanMtnMan
If they are going to name it after a westerner they should call it Washburn Peak. If they are going to name it after a liar, Mt. Cook. If they are going to name it with regard and elegance, Denali seems fitting.
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:49 pm
by cybrhikr
Denali-A beautiful name for a magnificent mountain.Why change it?
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:01 pm
by Chicago Transplant
Lemmiwinks wrote:Derek wrote:My favorite quote from the comments section:
How many tourists have climbed MT. McKinley? Taking that away from them would be a slap in their face.
Haha, yeah I got a kick out of that one as well. "Well I guess I have to go back and climb Denali since my McKinley summit no longer counts."
I got a kick out of that comment as well! Tourists don't climbs Mt McKinley anyway and the people who climb it all call it Denali
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:04 pm
by MonGoose
Having spent a season in Denali as an Park Ranger, I fully support officially renaming the mountain Denali. President McKinley never even set foot in Alaska and many Alaskans prefer to pay tribute to the native peoples of their land.
Re: Denali Name Change
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:49 pm
by scalba123
Suggesting Palin's Peak would probably get me permanently banned from this site...
