The entire first two days basically followed the same trail as mapped in this post. The difference being my friend and I camped before the climb to the top of the mountain.
My last trip into Spring Hollow, I was riding the ATV my friend was on this time. At that time I had reservations about [...]
What is Hell’s Gate? It is a simple metal gate on Kayford Mountain that separates Larry Gibson’s property from an active mountaintop removal site.
Once you pass Hell’s Gate it is like you are transported to an entirely different planet. Or, as the name would suggest, Hell on Earth.
The next photo shows the dragline which is [...]
Sometimes when I am bored I like to just draw. I’ve never been real good at it and like to practice whenever I can. I decided to play with my new best friends photo a little bit. Boy I sure hope Donny boy can take a joke. Like I said, I never claimed to be [...]
Yesterday I wrote a post describing my plans to back off in my battle against mountaintop removal coal mining. Today I am recanting that statement.
There will be no threat you can make that will cause me to back off. I feel like a weakling for even considering it. You can email me all you want, [...]
Since starting my personal crusade against mountaintop removal coal mining I have asked myself almost daily - what is it going to take to stop the ignorance? I’m here to tell you today what it will take. It is going to take people just like me banding together with other people just like me and [...]
It seems like I have been finding myself at various crossroads along my path of life as of lately. I find myself at yet another point where no matter the decision I make - life changes from here on.
If I have any readers left from the old blog you will know about the accident with [...]
Blankenship to reporter: ‘You’re liable to get shot’
(2min video) ABC News
My favorite person in the whole world.
Smile Don Blankenship, you are on ABC News.
ABC News World News With Charles Gibson and Nightline. - Monday 7, 2008
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Coal River Mountain Watch
Be forewarned - this is a rant post.
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I think the entire planet could use an attitude adjustment.
Something that has become painfully apparent recently and it is something I have thought about in the past. The general I don’t care mentality of the public. If it is not happening between home and work and directly affecting [...]
… is a failure to communicate.
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I look at mountaintop removal as this giant beast with teeth that can grind boulders into valley fill. I look at all the grassroots and the environmental groups as a bunch of bees swarming the beasts head. As long as the beast can keep swatting them away he can go [...]
… brought to you by the coal industry.
The more I talked with people in Drews Creek the more it became obvious they didn’t have a clue about the new mountaintop removal site. It was just like one day there is peace and quiet and the next day your picking broken picture frames up off the [...]
