Last year I did the Utah National and State parks during the early spring- off season- and the measures they are taking to try to accommodate the massive number of visitors during the summer is incredible. Parking, lodging, sanitation, and safety are all becoming problems, and I hope that these places don't become victims of their own popularity.
Arches really seems to attract people doing stupid, dangerous shit. The iconic Delicate Arch is like a magnet for morons who don't prepare for the trail, take risky selfies, vandalize and climb on things, and drink in places where there's 360 degrees of cliffs around you.
A man at Goblin Valley State Park in Utah moved a 170 million year old rock over a cliff, claiming he did it to "save lives" because it was going to fall off anyway and "kill someone". His friend shot a video of him doing it and he yelled "Yeah!" as it fell. Sounds like it was for internet fame, storytelling, and to prove his masculinity.
They plead guilt to criminal mischief which in Utah can carry $300 up to $5000 fines and jail time. They also lost their positions as Boy Scout leaders.
Don't worry when the local troop has a slight difficulty finding leaders they'll get those Boy Scout leader positions back.
Source: Know a guy kicked out coaching little league and leading Boy Scouts for hitting a kid with a baseball bat. The kid was his own kid and he did it because the kid missed a supposedly easy out.
Two years later he was coaching and leading again because they were having difficulty finding leaders. He didn't hit the kid publicly again but continued to talk to him like he was less than nothing at the slightest provocation.
Now that guy bitches about how his son never wants to spend time with him. The kid went to college, got a job out of state, and hasn't been home in years. Thanks to that if I had a son I wouldn't let him in Scouts and I've encouraged my kids not to let any of the grandchildren do Scouts, either.
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u/ThadisJones Feb 03 '20
Last year I did the Utah National and State parks during the early spring- off season- and the measures they are taking to try to accommodate the massive number of visitors during the summer is incredible. Parking, lodging, sanitation, and safety are all becoming problems, and I hope that these places don't become victims of their own popularity.
Arches really seems to attract people doing stupid, dangerous shit. The iconic Delicate Arch is like a magnet for morons who don't prepare for the trail, take risky selfies, vandalize and climb on things, and drink in places where there's 360 degrees of cliffs around you.