I live in Spokane, not terribly far from this area. The scablands really are spectacular and well worth a visit. The Palouse is simply beautiful. Even here within city limits we have impressive cliffs like those described in the article. I've done a small bit of climbing in the past, and these sheer cliffs look to me like they're begging to be climbed, but I've never seen anyone "lured" to them at all. I wonder if scablands rock is generally "rotten" or if there's some other reason that climbers avoid these structures?

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