Note Chief ranger Lloyd Pierson on boulder at left side of the photo. He was Ed Abbey’s boss at Arches NM.

Ed Abbey’s friend Doug Peacock was recently quoted in an article by Todd Wilkinson called, “Paddlers should avoid misusing hero’s name.” Here is an excerpt:
‘These days there’s something sticking in Peacock’s craw. It’s the invoking of writer Edward Abbey’s name by packrafters “to justify their own self-serving attempt to get Yellowstone’s historic ban on paddling overturned.” Peacock calls the tactic blasphemy.’
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/…/article_b4edbe3a-0cda-5517-…