tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744431297917220971.post8921909219073995231..comments2023-10-09T17:20:44.686-08:00Comments on Ink & Snow: Interlude: Notes from Denalijamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09929486289400863627noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744431297917220971.post-10159173567778261392012-08-20T03:48:58.247-08:002012-08-20T03:48:58.247-08:00Thanks fur comment Sarah: that's a provocative...Thanks fur comment Sarah: that's a provocative phrase. I would reverse it and have "hand-soiling" stations instead of those ubiquitous sanitizers whereupon entering nature you apply tree sap, bear shit and dirt to your hands and briskly rub them together. Ahh, much better now.jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929486289400863627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744431297917220971.post-87071657794865719022012-08-19T23:57:45.720-08:002012-08-19T23:57:45.720-08:00I heard a great phrase recently to describe such c...I heard a great phrase recently to describe such control--"nature, sanitized." I also recently went to Denali, but I didn't go beyond Savage River because I didn't have the money or time to take the long bus ride. As I drove back, I started daydreaming of how to depict my newly learned phrase (spruce tree in a condom?...plexiglass case over the actual mountain?), but this is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744431297917220971.post-39470900329609995102012-08-19T16:20:36.683-08:002012-08-19T16:20:36.683-08:00Oh and yes, it was a great trip (both Acadia AND D...Oh and yes, it was a great trip (both Acadia AND Denali!)...jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929486289400863627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744431297917220971.post-25859068096915107382012-08-19T16:19:59.820-08:002012-08-19T16:19:59.820-08:00There's a peculiar perspective in the West tha...There's a peculiar perspective in the West that Nature is separate from Human Places: as exemplified in the visual arts especially, the two shall not overlap, they are not integrated, one "ruins" the other. Nowhere in a National Park is this more evident than the lengths taken to restrict humans activities in Denali, where it is still possible to influence impact such as regulating jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929486289400863627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744431297917220971.post-32854747574900563102012-08-19T08:18:48.639-08:002012-08-19T08:18:48.639-08:00Sounds like a great trip, despite the themeparkiza...Sounds like a great trip, despite the themeparkization of nature along the way. It's good to get past the commercial and into the rapidly fading real world.John R. Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com