If you never climbed Mt. McKinley

[ClangClang]

The cultural cleansing continues.

Actually, this is undoing a cultural cleansing that happened decades ago.

Climbers - who are pretty much the only ones who ever set foot on the mountain, have never called it McKinley. The name was a nonsense move trying to gain political favor. It's always been Denali, always will be.

[Gman]

It all depends on who deems which culture to be the most important...at the time.

Alaska-bound, Obama faces backlash on Mt. McKinley renaming

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shrinking glaciers, Arctic temperatures and a mix of messy energy politics await President Barack Obama as he begins his historic trip to Alaska. Meanwhile, his decision to rename Mount McKinley faced a backlash from Ohio politicians protective a native son from the state, former President William McKinley.

Obama departs on Monday morning for a three-day tour of the nation's largest state, closely choreographed to call attention to the ways Obama says climate change is already damaging Alaska's stunning scenery. By showcasing thawing permafrost, melting sea ice and eroding shorelines, Obama hopes to raise the sense of urgency to deal quickly to slow climate change in the U.S. and overseas.

His excursion north of the Arctic Circle will make Obama the first sitting president to step foot in the Alaska Arctic, home to Alaska Natives who have received less attention amid Obama's recent efforts to improve conditions for Native Americans. In a major show of solidarity, Obama announced on the eve of his trip that his administration is changing the name of North America's tallest peak, Mount McKinley, to Denali, its traditional Athabascan name.

Obama's move to strip the mountain of its name honoring former President William McKinley drew loud condemnations from Ohio lawmakers, including Republican Rep. Bob Gibbs, who said he planned to work with his colleagues to see what they could do to stop it.

I think the imposition of more government control and the wasting of our tax dollars in the name of "climate change" is the bigger problem here. Fortunately, the world at large doesn't see "climate change" as a priority.

[Jumpstart]

Actually this is restoring cultural heritage.

Not mine.

[Ridge]

Not mine.

Unless you're family has lived in Alaska for the past thousand years or so, it's not your culture to force upon.

[buffalobo]

Barely enough interest to comment.

I am more concerned about my belief that a majority of Americans could not find Alaska on a labeled globe, much less be able to find Denali/Mckinley.

[Hummer]

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

Yea, pretty much true. I've always known it as both Mt. McKinley and Denali, and have used the terms interchangeably. But, when you're in the presence of The Mountain, it is Denali.

I climbed the mountain in 1979, as part of a 3.5 month solo motorcycle trip to the arctic circle and back when I backpacked into several wilderness areas.

My biggest problem with the renaming is not just tradition and the fact that the park itself was renamed Denali in 1980, but that the half-black Marxist bigot Barack Obama has done so in his concerted effort to erase the history and contributions of white men to our nation. For that reason alone, the next president should rename the mountain, Mt. McKinley.

[Ridge]

My biggest problem with the renaming is not just tradition and the fact that the park itself was renamed Denali in 1980, but that the half-black Marxist bigot Barack Obama has done so in his concerted effort to erase the history and contributions of white men to our nation.

Holy shit. Do you blame Obama when you run out of hot water in the morning, too?

[brutal]

Holy shit. Do you blame Obama when you run out of hot water in the morning, too?

That's Busch's fault.

[def90]

Alaskans go by the name Denali..

They have tried over and over to change the name BACK to Denali but senators from Ohio continually block it as McKinley was from Ohio. This has nothing to do with Obama.

[Irving]

I how Obama opens the pass between Boulder and Grand County next.