tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35980682.post6265337760365096145..comments2023-07-19T05:07:55.863-07:00Comments on ☼ Hardscrabble Sockdolagers ☼: JBanholzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410822155850772756noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35980682.post-70232819564657140782009-04-01T06:28:00.000-07:002009-04-01T06:28:00.000-07:00According to Ancestry.com: A Banholzer is a South ...According to Ancestry.com: A Banholzer is a South German: topographic name for someone who lives in a Banholz ‘protection wood’, i.e. a forest grown for protection against avalanches.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I find this striking because several times I have written about how the pine-beetle problem plaguing Idaho could make the Galena Summit area more avalanche prone, thus making it more necessary to have a cell tower installed in that controversial spot, where young sports enthusiasts have already succumbed to avalanche disasters, sometimes suffering needless communication delays for emergency help.JBanholzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12410822155850772756noreply@blogger.com