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2003.07.13

***Critics Say E.P.A. Won’t Analyze Some Clean Air Proposals.
In the last several months, the E.P.A. has delayed or refused to do analysis on proposals that conflict with the president’s air pollution agenda. By Jennifer 8. Lee. [New York Times: Science]

***Mount Shasta No Longer Secret – Latest Overcrowded Destination
– Tom Stienstra writes in SFGate: “In the past two weekends, more than 500 people have used the primary trailhead at Bunny Flat on single days. Hundreds have tried to reach the summit using the same route at the same time in what appears a parade as dawn breaks. At a small flat spot at 10,440 feet called Lake Helen, an ideal bivouac for a summit attempt, there have been nights where 100 to 150 tents are jammed together, with space enough for about 10.”

***One year ago today
I had just completed the Alaska Cycling Trip with the parents and students of the Hoover-Lincoln Hiking-Biking club: 1100 miles from Skagway to Anchorage via Whitehorse, Yukon Territories and Fairbanks and Denali. What a trip that was!
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