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BLM auction goes smoothly

SALT LAKE CITY — Last time the feds offered up parcels of Utah land for oil and gas leases, things got a little crazy. Tuesday morning, it appeared to go more smoothly.

Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Megan Crandall said, “No shenanigans, no monkey business or Tom-foolery.”

Full article at: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5948689

Apparently, Megan Crandall has the West fork of Butler Canyon on her mind, but didn’t quite get all the names right. However, since Tom named it, I guess it could be ‘Tom-foolery’…

–brendan

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Authorwatea192
DateMarch 24, 2009
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  • Tom Jones

    Tom-foolery (II 5.7 A2) can be found on the northern west face of Cathedral Mountain, in Zion NP. The route was so poor that, even though it was noted by Mr. Cabe in the Alpine Journal, no description was rendered, as it seemed irresponsible to encourage anyone else to go that way.

    Tom

    — In Yahoo Canyons Group, “watea192” wrote:

    SALT LAKE CITY — Last time the feds offered up parcels of Utah land for oil and gas leases, things got a little crazy. Tuesday morning, it appeared to go more smoothly.

    Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Megan Crandall said, “No shenanigans, no monkey business or Tom-foolery.”

    Full article at: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5948689

    Apparently, Megan Crandall has the West fork of Butler Canyon on her mind, but didn’t quite get all the names right. However, since Tom named it, I guess it could be ‘Tom-foolery’…

    –brendan >

  • that sounds like a good beginning to a trip report in which a decision was made not to enter the butler trifecta …

    upper stair it is …

    stefan

    On Mar 24, 2009, at 5:31 PM, watea192 wrote:

    Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Megan Crandall said, “No > shenanigans, no monkey business or Tom-foolery.”