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    Quote Originally Posted by soups818 View Post
    I've never understood people that feel the need to do that. Oh cool, some dick named Andersen was here in 2016...
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    Well, you know, it's sorta the same reason the petroglyphs are there, just, you know, about 1400 or so.

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    Gawd damn Obama
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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Well, you know, it's sorta the same reason the petroglyphs are there, just, you know, about 1400 or so.
    In his own strange way Benny has a point. Some Navajo dude wrote over some Clovis dude's shit. Prehistoric tagging.
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    It's been pretty bad so far this summer-
    It would be great if the park would somewhat profile these foreign groups and make sure that they are aware of the rules. After all when you go to camp in Yosemite etc they make you read and sign the stuff about bears, your food chapstick etc

    There was also a group photographed walking out onto grand prismatic geyser area this past w/e and they just fessed up to it and offered an apology on fb-
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    Quote Originally Posted by baby bear View Post
    It's been pretty bad so far this summer-
    The sad part is it's not even summer yet, shit it's not even Memorial Day. Also how long have the south and east entrances even been open? Don't those usually open up sometime in May? It's only May 17

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Well, you know, it's sorta the same reason the petroglyphs are there, just, you know, about 1400 or so.
    I should have said I don't understand how people do it nowadays. We have plenty of other things that will leave our mark for the next 1,000's of years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by soups818 View Post
    The sad part is it's not even summer yet. Also how long have the south and east entrances even been open? Don't those usually open up sometime in May? It's only May 17
    no joke- those roads just opened on Fri and some still closed - dunraven and beartooth will open later this month
    but there have already been several incidents - this "bison petting" was about a month ago.

    http://www.ktvq.com/story/31763564/w...cebook_Q2_News

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    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.

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    Reminds me of a couple I saw on Adams last year. Both wearing shorts and thin shirts. He carried a 10ish liter pack with nothing more than two little bottles of water and a couple snacks. They had no maps,compass, or extra layers. No way to call for help either. They couldn't understand when I told them how quick the weather could change up there and that they were being foolish.

    I vote we stop helping the idiots and let natural selecting do it's thing.

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    I hear traffic at yellowstone has been up like crazy in the last few years. The 'find your park' campaign in conjunction instagram #adventurevibes #liveauthentic culture cant be helping. The parks are so underfunded, at some point something really bad is going to happen. Makes you wonder why the people behind the park service would be pushing an ad campaign without raising funding for rangers and staff.

    On a related note, the outdoor shop in bozeman where I used to work had a story that a few years back they sold bear spray to an asian tourist, and he didn't understand what it was for. Thinking it was a repellant, the man proceeded to spray down his family before heading to the park. This is probably an urban legend, but I continue to tell it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by single View Post

    On a related note, the outdoor shop in bozeman where I used to work had a story that a few years back they sold bear spray to an asian tourist, and he didn't understand what it was for. Thinking it was a repellant, the man proceeded to spray down his family before heading to the park. This is probably an urban legend, but I continue to tell it.
    not an urban legend
    I think a woman did this on the Jenny Lake boat 2 or 3 summers ago

    also found this facebook page called Yellowstone idiots about all the idiotic tourist moves for those that want to stay updated
    https://www.facebook.com/YellowstoneIdiots

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    Touron [too r-on], also spelled turrón, torró, torrone, turrone, torrão or turon

    noun
    a confection, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, with toasted almonds or other nuts, and usually shaped into either a rectangular tablet or a round cake


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    Quote Originally Posted by single View Post
    I hear traffic at yellowstone has been up like crazy in the last few years. The 'find your park' campaign in conjunction instagram #adventurevibes #liveauthentic culture cant be helping. The parks are so underfunded, at some point something really bad is going to happen. Makes you wonder why the people behind the park service would be pushing an ad campaign without raising funding for rangers and staff.
    Well, since being outside is now a lifestyle thing where every possible trail, feature, objective is published on the internet or front page of some glossy magazine it is hardly surprising, right?

    All you need to do is buy the shoes and pack on pg 10, a $30 insulated water bottle and you too can post hashtags from the latest overrun outdoor experience.

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    My wife likes to watch the Today show (I know, I know) and one of the idiot talking heads was saying how wrong it was to euthanize the calf, lots would want to adopt it. Note to idiot talking head--you do know that bison calves grow into full size bison don't you? Wnat one of those in your backyard? Note to KQ--what about it--room for a bison on your place?

    Heard at a mission church in NM (forget which one):
    Ranger--notice the hand forged nails.
    Touron--nails? they didn't have nails way back then did they?
    Ranger--how do you think they hung Christ on the cross, Velcro?

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    That's funny.

    Another reason national parks are increasing visitor numbers is the fact that it's basically free for the above 62 demographic (plus a few companions), and the older Boomers are increasing in numbers by 10,000 a day. It's a cheap way to see some nice scenery, now that they have nothing else to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    ...now that they have nothing else to do.
    "they"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    "they"?
    The Romans.

    Quote Originally Posted by old goat View Post
    Ranger--how do you think they hung Christ on the cross, Velcro?
    Quote Originally Posted by Downbound Train View Post
    And there will come a day when our ancestors look back...........

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    "they"?

    Hey, I've got my ten dollar lifetime pass. Now all I need is a pair of low hikers, a water bottle, and a light jacket!

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    Quote Originally Posted by old goat View Post
    My wife likes to watch the Today show (I know, I know) and one of the idiot talking heads was saying how wrong it was to euthanize the calf, lots would want to adopt it. Note to idiot talking head--you do know that bison calves grow into full size bison don't you? Wnat one of those in your backyard? Note to KQ--what about it--room for a bison on your place?
    The park kills a few hundred bison every year to keep the herd population under control. I think last year they killed about 1000 bison. Don't get me wrong, the tourists are morons, but killing one calf now isn't something to be upset about.
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    Dumb tourists starting at 1:30

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    Quote Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile View Post


    Dumb tourists starting at 1:30
    The elk isn't all that bright either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Hey, I've got my ten dollar lifetime pass. Now all I need is a pair of low hikers, a water bottle, and a light jacket!
    And just like that Benny declared himself a local.

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    This just heard (510pm) on Sacramento CBS local news--they're looking for a hiker missing west of Donner Summit (Loch Leven lakes area). The reporter standing in the Forest Service parking lot tells the camera that the sun will probably be going down in a few hours. Probably?
    Last edited by old goat; 05-19-2016 at 09:31 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by old goat View Post
    Heard at a mission church in NM (forget which one):
    Ranger--notice the hand forged nails.
    Touron--nails? they didn't have nails way back then did they?
    Ranger--how do you think they hung Christ on the cross, Velcro?
    Bwah!

    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Hey, I've got my ten dollar lifetime pass. Now all I need is a pair of low hikers, a water bottle, and a light jacket!
    Quote Originally Posted by NW_SKIER View Post
    And just like that Benny declared himself a local.
    This thread's deliverin'.

    old goat's post ^above too.

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    Call me crazy but I'm back in Ohio for some family graduation shit and the "National Park 100 Year Anniversary" shit seems to be bringing out the tourons.

    Took the dog down to Cuyahoga Valley National Park for an easy jaunt on a favorite old trail of mine along some glacial ledges. Saw several people, some kind of Russian/Eastern Euros, trying to 'leave their mark' by etching their names into the sandstone cliffs. Not popular by any means at this location.

    Normally I'd walk by but this irked me as this place was a youthful favorite and said to them that they'd better cut it out because there was a ranger right behind me.

    The 'behind me' was actually just a couple from the burbs in some very tasteful olive colored Patagonia gear that the Cossacks mistook for Rangers and swiftly moved on.
    I still call it The Jake.

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