Tour Group Fined for Walking Right Up to Old Faithful {stupid human tricks}

[Ptah]

http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/20110429765/news/articles/tour-group-fined-for-walking-right-up-to-old-faithful.php

"You can't protect idiots against themselves: Yellowstone National Park rangers
issued citations Wednesday evening to members of a tour group for walking on the
cone of Old Faithful. UPDATED WITH VIDEO!

A group of 30 or so individals were spotted by a Webcam viewer standing on the cone
of the geyser, snapping photos. The Webcam viewer called the Park, and a ranger was
dispatched to herd the group back to safety. Members of the group told the ranger
they had not seen any of the numerous and prominent signs they walked past which warn
visitors of the dangers found in thermal areas and of the requirement to stay on
boardwalks and designated trails."

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Video at link

:wtf:

[MH1]

1. They were right to fine the tour group leader

He/she should have gotten a larger fine. It is their responsibility.

One reason I don't like tour groups is the people tend to pay attention to the 'guide' or leader rather than observe as much as they would on their own.

Still it's hard to see how all those people missed the signs.

[ixion]

3. I doubt the 'really' missed them

I think they were playing stupid. There are signs everywhere, especially around the geyser.

[Buzz Clik]

2. High pressure steam and superheated water. What could possibly go wrong?

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. 202-256 degrees shooting up to 185 feet in the air?

Maybe they just wanted to clean their clothes.

The old calvary used it as a laundry but it ruined and tore their wools to sherds back in the olden days..... but of course the soldiers weren't in the clothes

They should have fined every single one of them.

[DainBramaged]

4. Yum steamed meat...

[Initech]

12. I think technically they'd be sauteed.

[badtoworse]

16. I think braised is more accurate. Sauteed implies the use of butter or oil.

[Initech]

18. Maybe broiled?

:shrug:

[PavePusher]

19. Poached.... n/t

[Snoutport]

23. Sorry people, POACHED wins...that made me laugh water out my nose

ouch...but worth it.

And, those people at yellowstone!!! Are they INSANE??!

[PavePusher]

25. Sorry about the nose....

but I actually nearly did the same thing myself when the thought occured.

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. 30 people and not ONE has a lick of sense?

Walking around on the cone is idiocy beyond belief.

[MineralMan]

8. It was a Republican tour group.

:rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

7. Darwin Award runners up

With better timing, they could have grasped the prize.

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. They just wanted some hot water for their teabags

[hedgehog]

10. A story too horrible to fathom....

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19981004&slug=2775818

[uppityperson]

29. We were there several yrs before that and my folks were so watchful of us, making sure

no one got off the path. 1 sib did and boy were there words about that. I cannot imagine how it would be, but can imagine how quickly it could happen.

These idiots in the OP could NOT have missed all the signs. There are signs all over now.

[chowder66]

11. I read it as "Tour Group Fined for Walking Upright to Old Faithful".

[pipi_k]

13. Well they escaped serious injury and/or death this time....

but there's little one can do to save stupid people from themselves.

This bunch seems hell bent on self destruction...

[Arugula Latte]

14. I'd have no sympathy if they'd been pressure cooked, but the bad part is

their bodies could have plugged up the geyser or altered it in some way.

[PavePusher]

15. ??!!? Ummm, that was sarcasm, please tell me I'm right.... n/t

[trumad]

17. LOL

who cares if it was sarcasm...it was funny as hell.

[Arugula Latte]

24. Well, those people ARE idiots, but I was just spouting off.

That's a little geyser humor for ya. :)

[PavePusher]

26. Groooooaaaaan......

:toast:

Well played...

[bobbolink]

22. Broken through the thin crust there and spoiled the whole geyser.

Really, really stoooooooooooopid.

I worked a season at a large national park, and it is amazing to see the idiotic things people can do. I lost all sympathy. At one point, the rangers got so frustrated that they printed in the park newspaper, "COMMON SENSE... Don't Leave Home Without It".

When you send your kids up to a moose so you can get a picture, you have gone right over the edge. And that is just the beginning of the stoooooopid that rangers see.

[PavePusher]

27. For people who's ideas of "nature" come from animated video....

the "edge" can be far, far too close....

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. Dangerous.

[tblue37]

21. Park rangers have a portmanteau word:

"TOURON"--it's a blend of "tourist" and "moron."

[Warren DeMontague]

28. ***