KF Collingwood's ‘Gondola: A good idea' (The Weekend Sun, February 21), is supporting M Stanley's suggestion a gondola should be erected on Mauao, stating a professionally-built gondola wouldn't be an eyesore on the Mount.

Have these people no concept of reality or visualisation?

Of course it would be an eyesore. What else can it be? It certainly wouldn't be an enhancement.

The writer's statement: 'built professionally” defines logic. Did they think along the lines local Lions might want to build it as weekend fundraiser?

The towers required to support the massive network of cables carrying the passenger cars would have to be colossal.

With wheelhouse buildings on the top and bottom, the whole thing would be more than an eyesore, it would near total obliteration of the natural beauty of this prestige landscape.

B Porter, Welcome Bay.