If you never climbed Mt. McKinley

[ray1970]

You never will.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...enamed-n418541

[OtterbatHellcat]

Geez.... might as well start calling Pikes Peak.....Tesla mountain or something.

Tesla did more neater stuff anyways.

[Bailey Guns]

Geez.... might as well start calling Pikes Peak.....Tesla mountain or something.

Tesla did more neater stuff anyways.

Or, in honor of the indigenous people of Colorado it could be called Mt 420 High.

[Gman]

I read that earlier here over an hour ago; http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oba...hest-mountain/

They made mention that the administration wasn't sure how they were going to do this without the approval of Congress. Now the article states; "Jewell is making the change official through an order to the Board on Geographic Names, citing Alaska’s longstanding policy and the name of the surrounding park, Denali National Park."

In other words, 'by order of the emperor'.

This article has more detail; https://www.adn.com/article/20150830...ckinley-denali

According to the order Jewell signed, there is a policy of deferring action while a matter is under consideration by Congress. So the Ohio delegation’s annual legislative efforts have stalled any federal movement. But the law does allow the interior secretary to take action when the board naming doesn’t act “within a reasonable amount of time,” the order said.

“It's something [former Alaska Gov. Jay Hammond] pushed for back in 1975, and because of an effort to stop it in legislation that has not actually gone anywhere in the last 40 years, the Board of Geographic Names did not take it up,” Jewell said.

As interior secretary, she has authority to make a unilateral decision after a “reasonable time has passed,” Jewell said.

“And I think any of us would think that 40 years is an unreasonable amount of time. So we're delighted to make the name change now, and frankly I'm delighted that President Obama has encouraged the name change consistent with his trip,” Jewell said.

I won't be surprised a bit if this ends up in Federal court for the Secretary overstepping their bounds.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Is anyone indigenous in the states besides the Native American Indians?

[OtterbatHellcat]

I read that earlier here over an hour ago; http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oba...hest-mountain/

They made mention that the administration wasn't sure how they were going to do this without the approval of Congress. Now the article states; "Jewell is making the change official through an order to the Board on Geographic Names, citing Alaska’s longstanding policy and the name of the surrounding park, Denali National Park."

In other words, 'by (EXECUTIVE) order of the emperor'.

FIFY

[Irving]

I support this 100%, as I can think of a few other things I'd like to change back in honor of the generations before me having always done it that way. Since at least before 1932.

[ray1970]

I don't have an issue with the name change. More the way they went about doing it.

[RonMexico]

Most people use the names interchangeable. I think Denali sounds better and if I climbed it prior to the name change; I would have referred to it as Denali.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Nope, you have to climb it again.