If you never climbed Mt. McKinley

[.455_Hunter]

I don't know...

I am not so hot on changing official names of places to appease certain target audiences. What do "rank and file" Alaskans, NOT indigenous activists or self-loathing liberals, think about the name?

I am sure there are other folks waiting in the wings to promote the change of other mountains named after other old, white men.

[Delfuego]

When I lived in Alaska during grade school and on my return trips up there in past years, it has always been known as Denali. Tourists were the only ones to call in Mt. McKinley.

Yup.

Maybe if McKinley had climbed it; or even seen the mountain I would feel different.

[dustdevil]

I don't know...

I am not so hot on changing official names of places to appease certain target audiences. What do "rank and file" Alaskans, NOT indigenous activists or self-loathing liberals, think about the name?

I am sure there are other folks waiting in the wings to promote the change of other mountains named after other old, white men.

Actually Alaska renamed it back in the 1970's. They thought naming it after presidential hopeful from Ohio who never even saw Alaska was stupid. Ohio has fought tooth and nail over making Denali the official name since the 1970's. But, you probably already know this.

[.455_Hunter]

Actually Alaska renamed it back in the 1970's. They thought naming it after presidential hopeful from Ohio who never even saw Alaska was stupid. Ohio has fought tooth and nail over making Denali the official name since the 1970's. But, you probably already know this.

If the name change truly has statewide, broad spectrum support, then it's fine. It's hard to know, because according to the media and other groups, "everybody" supports "sensible" gun control too.

[hatidua]

Nobody I know who has actually climbed it has referred to it as anything but Denali.

[Ridge]

Who gives a fuck? It's a fucking mountain. I hereby name all mountains Mt Rock

[brutal]

Obama named it after himself, "The High One."

[brutal]

If one were so inclined and possessed the proper equipment, training, and a bit of luck, one could still Mount a McKinley.

[Jumpstart]

The cultural cleansing continues.

[Ridge]

The cultural cleansing continues.

Actually this is restoring cultural heritage.