Utah is a big outdoor recreation Mecca....

Public Lands that would make the back east resident wanna move...please don't

Stay away...we're outta water & house prices are at $405K

But the tourists...sometimes not tourists fall off ledges while hiking/taking selfies

One of the newest sports for rock lickers is.........

'Bouldering' free climbing boulders in the canyons...crazy eh ?

Yep....big sport & brings bucks to the local economy...sort of.......

Two most recent fatalities

https://www.ksl.com/article/50155268/cedar-city-man-dies-after-falling-near-zion-national-park

https://www.ksl.com/article/50154543/24-year-old-man-dies-in-emery-county-hiking-accident-last-week

Yosemite picks them off here in California too. It is just opening up. Many of the deaths are drownings. People don't realize how powerful the spring runoff is and go past the rails and want to play in the water or get a a stupid selfie, slip on the rocks and they are in. Quite a few die in falls on the Half Dome hike and there are rock sheds that kill people too. Mother Nature can be a real bitch.

Well, if you gotta go, falling off a rock in Utah isn't a bad way to go.
The scenery's good.

The moral of the first story is make sure your partner knows how to belay.

Geese in the local park......wont take out the stupids here.

Belay'n his buddy now

Anyone who dies while hiking Half Dome was a good cull.

Yep

Snowmobiles, kayak's, 4 wheeler's, and general dumbasserly take several in the Adirondacks every year. Can't fix stupidity.

Mother Nature is indifferent to humanity. It is fun to tweak her nose sometime just to see what you can get away with. Or you can stay on the couch.


mike r

This. Doing something is better than most these days.

Yeah. I went up the hard way once in the 90's.

Well, one of the easiest routes on the "hard way"

Northwest Face

We did a lot of aid climbing, that 5.12 crap a thousand feet up is for crazy/better climbers.

Natural selection 🤔

Utah beats the hell out of Montana.

Waaaaaay more open unsettled places. Open country begging for new residents.

Zip it!

Better than a Rick rock falling on you..


(The auto correct rick-rolled me)

Truly it's gorgeous! Lots of room to grow!

My parents lived in Big Fork for 30 years. There is still plenty of room up there. Especially north of Kalispell, No?

You’d think so. But I’m living out of my bumper pull camper moving every couple weeks!

Darwin's theory proving itself all over again?

Utards

Yeah, the guy from New York is a Utard.

Falling isn't the problem, it's the sudden stop at the end.



..... gravity never lies.

exactly..........we're outta water !!!!!!! Too many people !

Although we did get nearly 1/2" rain this week

More mountain snow....much needed.....

desert wildflowers in May will be glorious

Then.......there's always dickheads like this

whether tourists or residents.......

https://www.ksl.com/article/5015517...ph-vandalized-10k-reward-offered-in-case