Regulations of the National Park Service ban all climbing ascents of 'named' arches in Arches National Park. Potter is of the opinion that as long as he used no fixed anchors and climbing paraphenalia he was free to make his ascent which was filmed for promotional purposes. The National Park Service, the Access Fund and others believe otherwise. The climbing community in the US is split. Follow the debate at the climbing forum Supertopo
You can see a virtual panorama of Delicate Arch here at virtualparks.org
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