• Page 40- The author's day to day routine is laid out. He seems to have quite a lot of time to himself other than strangers he meets at work. Do you think you could live this life of almost no personal human contact?—BH

• On pgs. 41,42, the man talks about how he is happy where he is living and how he could see himself always living there. But he then says he dreams of living in places like Tijuana, Oakland, and New Orleans which are very different from where he lives now. Why do you think he is so fickle on this subject?—RS

• page 47: Is construction and development intrinsically good? Even in the National Parks?—JB

• On page 47 the author dismisses the idea of "subjugation of nature to industry" to continue on with his own agenda. Wouldn't his argument have been more effective if he had examined that theory to show it's flaws?—JP

• pg 47 - So the author is making his argument between the Industrial Tourism and Natural Tourism. He says those for Industrial Tourism are the ones who without question believe all sorts of construction and development is a good thing, it helps pave the way for civilization. Yet he disagrees, saying "it is also quite insane", that people want to civilize the entire world. Do you guys think he is making this into a larger issue than it really is or do you think his concerns are justified in today's society?—KW

• Polemic addresses many times that "nature/wilderness" is needed for civilizations and that it should be preserved and kept intact (p. 47). So I ask, do you guys agree that we should preserve Mother Nature or do what we see fit for ourselves?—SC

• On page 48 of the book (slide 7 in double view), It is stated that " The first issue that appears when we get into this matter, the most important issue and perhaps the only issue, is the one called accessibility. " Is it really as important as he stresses?—KM

• Q: As a general question, do you guys think that there will eventually be no more parks left due to roads and highways?—ER

• On p. 50, What do you think he means when he says , while thunderstorms rumble over mountains, the fall of a dollar bill on motel carpeting?—SM

• On page 50 the author states "that [a park ranger's] primary duty is to serve the public, not preserve the wilds ..." Regardless of your exposure to national parks, do you think that our mindset toward them should be changed?—RA

• My question comes from page 56. The author lists (at the top of the page) things that park rangers should be able to provide assistance with. Do you believe that it is important for people to learn these skills and have these experiences in the outdoors? What is it that we gain from these experiences?—CD

• On page 58, the author states that: "We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase to live like men." Are we all really too obsessed with time nowadays? Additionally, is it a bad thing to have everything correct to the minute?—KT