[meteorite-list] Ruben Garcia reports: "Glorieta, not hunting allowed..."

From: Eric Wichman <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:43:20 -0700
Message-ID: <489D0448.2080907_at_meteoritewatch.com>

OK, cut the BS and bickering and let's stop the finger pointing. I know
and am friends with and hunted with some of the people who have hunted
Glorieta and they just happen to be the ones who inspired me, and
introduced me into the meteorite world.

Every time some nice hunting area gets closed down, and hunters get shut
out, the finger pointing blame game starts. Feelings get hurt and people
lose friends. This is petty BS and many of you guys have been friends
for too many years to be accusing "ANYONE" of any wrongdoing. This
happens in all areas of treasure hunting, not just the meteorite community.

We all know who hunts out there. We also know that these "famous"
hunters are ethical and good people. It's not their fault, it's the
buttheads that go out there unannounced, without permission, sneaking
and peaking, and the ones who you DON'T KNOW that are trashing the
place. This goes for any hunting area. If you owned the land that these
things were done on you'd close it to the public too! Simple as that. It
only takes a few bad apples in the barrel to spoil the whole bunch. It's
a cliche, but it's said for a reason. Stop pointing fingers. Be sad
about it yes, but stop playing the blame game. Maybe in a few years or
sooner it will slowly open back up again.

This list is for learning about and discussing meteorites, it's not a
public forum for blame, if you've got a beef with someone don't bring it
out publicly here, send a freaking email.

That's all I have to say about that...

Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorite Watch
Meteorites USA
Received on Fri 08 Aug 2008 10:43:20 PM PDT