looking to hire a local crag expert

Mark Limage wrote: if you truly think that "the BLM takes pirate guiding very seriously," I have to ask, where is the evidence? Give me just one little nugget. Really. You know what. It ain't there. The Red Rock is the mecca for pirate guiding. Most land managers don't do squat. . . . In my 13 years of guiding in the Red Rock, I've encountered no less than 8 "certified" guides (and 1 instructor/examiner) doing the bandido thing in the Red Rock. I have no recollection of the scores of pirate guiding parties that I've encountered over the years. It used to bug the shit out of me. Not any more. I find it absurd and at times comical. Three years ago I was guiding Frogland and was sandwiched between a pirate guide from YMS and another pirate guide from the East Side. On any given day, during high season, in the Red Rock, I would bet my left nut that bandido guides outnumber permitted guides 2 to 1.

I have no dog in this and couldn't care less, but found this admission interesting.

OP, there you have it, right from a guide of 13 years, that pirate guides outnumber certified guides 2 to 1 in his locale, and yet, where are the actual reports of death/injury as a result?

Eric G. wrote: I have no dog in this and couldn't care less, but found this admission interesting. OP, there you have it, right from a guide of 13 years, that pirate guides outnumber certified guides 2 to 1 in his locale, and yet, where are the actual reports of death/injury as a result?

ARRRRRRRRRRR MATEY! IT'S A LIFESTYLE BRAJ!!11!

"...and yet, where are the actual reports of death/injury as a result?"

Well, Ari was never heard from again so we might as well count that..