Set the terms for climbing anchors in BLM wilderness

What the public could have raised, from the agency’s own document

• I oppose this action as proposed, and I ask the agency to weigh the specific harms below.
• Section 122 of the EXPLORE Act directs that climbing guidance recognize fixed anchors as appropriate "in accordance with the Wilderness Act" and "subject to appropriate terms and conditions." Ask the BLM to make minimum-requirements review the stated basis for authorizing any new permanent fixed anchor, so the final Manual 6340 text implements the congressional direction inside the Wilderness Act’s framework for installations rather than as an exception to it.
• The draft rewrites Manual 6340 itself, not a side memo. The notice lists the substantive edits: installations (section 1.6.B.2.j), primitive recreation (1.6.C.13.c.ix), recreational climbing activities in wilderness (1.6.C.13.f), Wilderness Management Plans and Climbing Management Plans (1.6.D.5.a), and the glossary definitions of "anchor, permanent fixed," "anchor temporary," "clean climbing," "fixed equipment," and "installation." Definitions decide enforcement. Ask the BLM to define clean climbing and fixed equipment precisely enough that the last-resort standard can be verified in the field.
• The draft "clarifies criteria for casual use; and outlines processes for authorizing activities that exceed casual-use thresholds, managing legacy routes and anchors, and addressing emergencies, fixed equipment, and commercial services." Ask the BLM to require an approved Climbing Management Plan before new fixed anchors are authorized in an area, and to state how legacy anchors will be inventoried, so the thresholds are managed against known conditions rather than assumed ones.
• Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.