A helicopter from Grand Canyon National Park had to fly to Zion National Park on Monday to rescue an injured canyoneer who was in a party that ignored the advice of rangers/NPS file
It's one thing to have to be rescued by National Park Service rangers when fate doesn't go your way, but to need a rescue after you mocked and ignored a ranger's advice, well, that's pretty brazen-faced.
But that's what happened Monday at Zion National Park, where rangers actually were called out on two search-and-rescue incidents in the Left Fork of North Creek, on a popular permitted route known as “The Subway”.
"One group disregarded and mocked a ranger’s advice when they picked up their permit. The ranger recommended they bring a rope and multiple harnesses for at least one of the rappels, but the leader of the group, who had been there before, said that they could cross the log and find an easier way down," a park release said Tuesday. "When the ranger reported that the log was washed out last year and recommended the gear, the group dismissed the information and left.
"Later, rangers received a report that a member of the group had a knee injury at the top of the last rappel," the release went on. "Since the log that made it easier to cross the creek was gone, members were making a 6-to-7 foot jump. One person had landed badly. A medic and two others responded and spent Monday night with the patient. A helicopter from the Grand Canyon was brought in for a short-haul operation Tuesday morning."
The other incident involved a group that park rangers said made poor decisions, wore the wrong footwear, and lost the route several times.
"After getting lost early in the day, they reached the Subway feature late Sunday night and spent an unexpected night in the canyon," the park reported. "In the morning, they got lost again, passing the exit route, and continuing downstream. At some point they decided to try to climb a cliff face to reach the road. When heat exhaustion set in, they activated their emergency locator and reported a heat related illness. SAR responders were able to locate the group. After administering fluids, rangers assisted the group back to the trailhead."
Zion Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh urged park visitors to appreciate the settings they find themselves in.
“Visitors need to take their safety seriously and act responsibly,” he said. “Park Rangers are here to advise and assist visitors planning challenging trips in the backcountry, but ultimately preparations and proper equipment is the visitor’s responsibility. Given the number of fires throughout the West and the assignment of aviation assets to them, it was fortunate that the Grand Canyon helicopter was able to respond quickly and that the first group had an emergency beacon, but that is not always the case. Please prepare carefully and plan ahead for unexpected events that might occur in this wonderful, but at times, unforgiving landscape.”
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The 1% are making money based on the system, which is flawed and society needs to make corrections so that people who have made thier money on the backs of others give back to the society and which allowed them to make their money in the first place. Otherwise either the whole place falls apart, or us poor people become as serfs, and not because these are better men (and women), but they knew how to game the system.
They certainly do not need tax breaks which will add to the deficit!
Making money based on the system? So what in the system favor Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos and how does their wealth in any way make you a serf. Oh and BTW, individual tax receipts are at record levels so your "tax cuts for the wealthy" haven't contributed a penny to the deficit - but nice to know you NOW are so worried about the deficit.
That's not a good comparison. Often I've gone out for lunch where the manager who ostensibly made the most money offered to pay for the entire bill every once in a while.
These are marginal taxes. The current rates have 2.6% shaved off the top tax bracket. And it doesn't necessarily even account for capital gains which are always taxed at a lower rate than the upper tax brackets. If I were making that much I wouldn't worry too much about it. Is $2500 a year more really going to bother me when I'm making $600K?
If it did not "bother" people they can just send it in on their own free will - just like your beneficiary at lunch. That doesn't mean you should force them. All of you have indicated the rich "could afford" it but none of you have presented a reason why the should. To stay on course, should a rich person have to pay more to enter a National Park? After all they can afford it. BTW there is a reason they should pay more, but none of you will want to admit it.
"tax cuts for the wealthy" haven't contributed a penny to the deficit -???? The GAO says differently.
One part of the system that Mark and Jeff use to make money off the rest of us is the internet to begin with. The government started it and it has allowed others to make money. If the government is not getting enough to run properly, then they are not charging enough for stuff, and why not get it from the people who make a disporportionate amount from that system? Other parts of the system include the post office, roads, air traffic control, rail, newspapers, television, etc...
Argalite - show me where the GAO says that individual tax collections so far in 2018 are down. As to internet, roads, ATC, newspapers(?) etc. You have had the exact same access to them at Bezos and Zuckerberg. If you are poor it isn't because of their wealth.
The GAO has predicted that the new tax cuts will increase the deficit. Ask Warren Buffet about taxes and the wealthy, and if I made as much as Bezos or Zuckerberg, I would expect to be taxed massisely, as it is only fair.
"Has predicted" The fact is that individual tax collections are at record levels. https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/feds-collect-reco... Why is it "fair" to tax them massively? Why should they pay any more than you? A simple question and you still haven't answered. And as I said before, there is a reason they should pay more but you don't want to admit it what it is.