Comments on: Should we assist Wilderness Expeditions? http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/ the blog of laneo! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:55:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: The Adventurist http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-276 The Adventurist Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:42:12 +0000 http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-276 Laneo, I am a bit late to this discussion and also take a seperate approach. I actually think this would be an awesome idea to get the name out and the message across, if the funds are feasable for you to support such expeditions. I think that if a sponsorship was put forth that the expedition would have to follow some Laneo guidelines: recycling, Nothing left behind, Eco-friendly gear..(hopefully from your partnerships) as well as items like solarpower ect. where feasable. It would be a good way to gt the name out, a good way to get more people involved, plus, could possibly help out the Planet. Laneo,

I am a bit late to this discussion and also take a seperate approach. I actually think this would be an awesome idea to get the name out and the message across, if the funds are feasable for you to support such expeditions. I think that if a sponsorship was put forth that the expedition would have to follow some Laneo guidelines: recycling, Nothing left behind, Eco-friendly gear..(hopefully from your partnerships) as well as items like solarpower ect. where feasable. It would be a good way to gt the name out, a good way to get more people involved, plus, could possibly help out the Planet.

]]> By: Hugues THIEBAULT http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-178 Hugues THIEBAULT Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:59:04 +0000 http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-178 Dear all, I don't think there is and should be an unilateral answer. Depends strongly on the goal and nature of the expedition. As general secretary of Mountain Wilderness, to which the very notion of wilderness is central, I can give our position. If our sponsorship is asked only as a label of eco-responsibility, without real involvment in mountain protection, the answer is "no". If there is a real value for the mountain environment, we support the expedition. As an example of the last, I can mention the cleaning expeditipon under preparation, planned by Breffni Bolze, at the Aconcagua (http://mountainwilderness.org/index.php?rub=175&art=15&lg=en). But we already know Breffni, and his work speaks for him : three cleaning expeditions at Dhaulagiri. Dear all, I don’t think there is and should be an unilateral answer. Depends strongly on the goal and nature of the expedition. As general secretary of Mountain Wilderness, to which the very notion of wilderness is central, I can give our position. If our sponsorship is asked only as a label of eco-responsibility, without real involvment in mountain protection, the answer is “no”. If there is a real value for the mountain environment, we support the expedition. As an example of the last, I can mention the cleaning expeditipon under preparation, planned by Breffni Bolze, at the Aconcagua (http://mountainwilderness.org/index.php?rub=175&art=15&lg=en). But we already know Breffni, and his work speaks for him : three cleaning expeditions at Dhaulagiri.

]]> By: Claire http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-165 Claire Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:10:35 +0000 http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-165 since those expeditions are more of personal show than of planet discovery, since they are already sponsored when questions are already known and answers are presupposed...why should Laneo support them ? since those expeditions are more of personal show than of planet discovery, since they are already sponsored when questions are already known and answers are presupposed…why should Laneo support them ?

]]> By: Julien http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-146 Julien Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:35:42 +0000 http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-146 NO NO NO As you say areas are virgins!!!!! Many races and expeditions say " we are ECO responsible" for example for UTMB race this is not a Eco Race because when you make a race with 4000 Trail runners just on single track ...WHAT this is a JOKE Dude.....;) FU....all Himalaya expeditions and for all mountains expeditions ... Sorry for my first comment (i don't still speak english) NO NO NO As you say areas are virgins!!!!!
Many races and expeditions say ” we are ECO responsible”
for example for UTMB race this is not a Eco Race because when you make a race with 4000 Trail runners just on single track …WHAT this is a JOKE Dude…..;)
FU….all Himalaya expeditions and for all mountains expeditions …
Sorry for my first comment (i don’t still speak english)

]]> By: Cat Hemberg http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-143 Cat Hemberg Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:40:42 +0000 http://blog.laneo.org/environment/should-we-assist-wilderness-expeditions/#comment-143 No. At least not at this stage of Laneos newly started life. Let major companies and cooperations sponsor such expeditions. These remote places live their own beautiful life as they are - they are nature in their purest untouched raw form. They don´t need woman/man to look after them. These expeditions go there - not to protect the environment, for studies and social reasons maybe - but to enjoy the power of it, feeling the connection with themselves and the raw nature, to indulge in the excitement of the expedition: simply - to me - for other reasons than what Laneo stands for. Yet, I think each demand needs to be truly read properly, because there may always be exceptions. But my recommendation is a "no" - as a rule. No. At least not at this stage of Laneos newly started life. Let major companies and cooperations sponsor such expeditions. These remote places live their own beautiful life as they are – they are nature in their purest untouched raw form. They don´t need woman/man to look after them. These expeditions go there – not to protect the environment, for studies and social reasons maybe – but to enjoy the power of it, feeling the connection with themselves and the raw nature, to indulge in the excitement of the expedition: simply – to me – for other reasons than what Laneo stands for. Yet, I think each demand needs to be truly read properly, because there may always be exceptions. But my recommendation is a “no” – as a rule.

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