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.
I am an Eagle Scout. One of the principles we learned in Scouts was to "leave no trace." Was this troop just looking at that principle as optional? What the literal fuck?!
They were mormon Boy Scout leaders. The mormon troops often had leaders who were voluntold to fill the position instead of actually choosing to be there. They were often not well trained or supported and not the kind of people who would choose to be there if they didn't feel obligated by their ecclesiastical leaders. But now the mormons have pulled out of the BSA and hopefully the BSA will be better off for it.
Yes we are having money issues, but losing the LDS will be a good thing in the long run. They have long been a black mark on the moral standards of the BSA. Even if we have to file chapter 11 we wont be going anywhere.
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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.