Criminal idiot parboiled at YNP

profdant139 wrote:
There are many parts of the park where there are geysers with no boardwalk, no fence, no ranger, nobody around for miles. You are on your own. Make a mistake and you die.

And if you test the crust very carefully, you can sit right near your own private geyser and feel the warmth of the earth on your backside -- a very strange feeling on a chilly autumn day:


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Words fail me.

I surprised that nobody has suggested that the shut off the thermal features when the park is closed. ;)

Matt

profdant139 wrote:
There are many parts of the park where there are geysers with no boardwalk, no fence, no ranger, nobody around for miles. You are on your own. Make a mistake and you die.

And if you test the crust very carefully, you can sit right near your own private geyser and feel the warmth of the earth on your backside -- a very strange feeling on a chilly autumn day:


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Perfect example of STUPID!

There are many parts of the park where there are geysers with no boardwalk, no fence, no ranger, nobody around for miles. You are on your own. Make a mistake and you die.

And if you test the crust very carefully, you can sit right near your own private geyser and feel the warmth of the earth on your backside -- a very strange feeling on a chilly autumn day:


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A couple of time a year, some one steps off the path/boardwalk and falls through the crust.

Darwin Award Candidates !

The first time we visited YNP with our young kids, we bought a book at the visitors center. My wife read chapters to the kids while we drove through the park. Our kids were fascinated by it and it lead to many hours of discussions about things we should and shouldn't do. They loved it so much that they even used it for book reports in school. Their teachers must have had a lot of questions about what we let our kids read.

After that, the kids always asked if this was part or a series and whether there were "Death In ..." books for other national parks.

Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park

agesilaus wrote:

jdc1 wrote:
And you wonder why the government has to tell us what to do and how to behave?

Not so, I say let the fools do themselves in, so long as they only kill or injure themselves. Evolution in action.

There in lies the problem, they never do take out just themselves, if it were just them because of their own stupidity the rest of us would do our happy dance.

An ambulance chasing lawyer will use this statement by park to SUE for Millions
"Hot springs have injured or killed more people in Yellowstone than any other natural feature."

Natures way of cleaning house! I'll stop short of saying what other way's nature cleans house!

Reminds of the sad situation we have here at a PA State Park. When I was growing up there was a beach of sand going right to the water. We went there walking last night. No sand, all grass and a 2 foot high fence along the water for safety. Gates every 40 feet or so.

I guess that makes it more convenient for the parents of young children. They don't have to stop staring at their phone to tell JR not to eat sand or to stay away from the water.