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Re: I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to

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Post by Guthwine »

deepsquirrelnet wrote: post #54

> Cuyahoga Valley: There is nothing wrong with Cuyahoga Valley. Statistically, you’re from Ohio, so why not? In college, I took an interim elective course on geology of the national parks. On the first day of class, the professor asked an icebreaker for students to say which national park they lived closest to. I said Ohio - Cuyahoga Valley. Well some snot nosed boy scout confidently piped up that there were mostly c…

Dry-nosed Eagle Scout here to relieve you of your grudge. There is of course as you know a national park in Ohio and it is wonderful. Grew up right along its edge, and I'm forever grateful for it!

Re: I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to

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Post by Slow_Dog »

jobs_throwaway wrote: post #19

> Every day hike in Zion Canyon is kind of like waiting in line at Disney World. You’re waiting in line in a magical place, but you’re still waiting in line. You ask a dead-eyed park ranger to recommend you a less popular hike, and he spits in your face. There is no such thing as a less-popular hike in Zion Canyon. You will wait in line on the trail and you will be grateful you piece of shit. Yeah, you can safely dis…

It's 30 years since I visited Zion. So beautiful. The best part of a trip that included Lake Powell, Yosemite and the Grand Cannyon, though those were all great. Being British, basically no-one here has ever heard of it, so I'm always keen to tell people about it. The Park Rangers were great, too.

Mind you, your President seems keen on deterring foreign visitors of all sorts, so those visitor numbers are sure to decline. So that's a win, I guess.

Re: I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to

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Post by cpfohl »

vjvjvjvjghv wrote: post #46
jobs_throwaway wrote: post #19

> Every day hike in Zion Canyon is kind of like waiting in line at Disney World. You’re waiting in line in a magical place, but you’re still waiting in line. You ask a dead-eyed park ranger to recommend you a less popular hike, and he spits in your face. There is no such thing as a less-popular hike in Zion Canyon. You will wait in line on the trail and you will be grateful you piece of shit. Yeah, you can safely dis…

With most parks the crowds quickly disappear once you are 2 miles in. That's the case pretty much all over the world. I remember in Iceland there were these huge crowds at a water fall close to the bus stop. I hiked 3 miles in to another similar waterfall. There we had less than 10 people.

Yep! In my experience it's about 3 miles; people turn around in between 2 and 3. By 3 miles you're guaranteed solo.

Re: I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to

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Post by john_strinlai »

oliver236 wrote: post #67
oliver236 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

no one is an idiot. no one has that identity. people do not have more or less value. we are all worthy of respect. someone can act with idiot tendencies, but they are NOT an idiot.

oh.

people agree with the top comment, so they are totally cool with the insult and will downvote anyone calling it out.

if they disagreed with the comment, everyone would flag it for having an insult and you'd be getting upvotes instead.

Re: I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to

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Post by sizzzzlerz »

GCNP is my absolute favorite park but it is definitely hard to get to know. Much of its charm is below the rims. I've done 4 multiday hikes from different trailheads on each rim as well as a 15 day dory trip on the Colorado. There a number of truly magical places you encounter than cannot be seen from the rim. In the midsts of some of the harshest terrain, there are grottos in sidecanyons filled with ferns, trees, and a stream. Waterfalls gushing from caves high up on the canyon wall. Deer, bighorn sheep, and birds of all types. Geologic features that go back as much as 1.2 billion years. Fossils that come from some of the earliest examples of life on this planet. Artifacts of people who lived there a thousand years ago. None of this comes cheap but if you put in the effort, you experience something that will change your view of the world.

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

Reminds me a bit of this: https://www.theregister.com/2002/05/13/welcome_to_sheppey_th...

Here's the original link on the Wayback Machine. Some foodie has taken over the domain, since: https://web.archive.org/web/20060217042905/http://www.sheppe...

Re: I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to

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Post by georgeecollins »

jobs_throwaway wrote: post #19

> Every day hike in Zion Canyon is kind of like waiting in line at Disney World. You’re waiting in line in a magical place, but you’re still waiting in line. You ask a dead-eyed park ranger to recommend you a less popular hike, and he spits in your face. There is no such thing as a less-popular hike in Zion Canyon. You will wait in line on the trail and you will be grateful you piece of shit. Yeah, you can safely dis…

Just like many popular places it depends when you go. Last time we were there it was off season and a bit cold but pretty empty.

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Post by [deleted] »

john_strinlai wrote: post #74
oliver236 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh.

people agree with the top comment, so they are totally cool with the insult and will downvote anyone calling it out. if they disagreed with the comment, everyone would flag it for having an insult and you'd be getting upvotes instead.

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Post by bombcar »

ajmurmann wrote: post #58
al_borland wrote: post #24

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As someone who doesn’t hike or camp, I didn’t really enjoy the Grand Canyon. When I was 18 my dad thought it would be cool to take me there for a week. I suggested we just stop there briefly, then go skiing in Colorado, which he accepted. We got to the Grand Canyon and it was so big that it didn’t even look real. I was pretty much done after 30 minutes, so was my dad. He was glad I suggested the Colorado option, as h…

I like hiking but absolutely not camping. I had a similar experience. IMO the canyon is too wide for its width which creates a similar effect to it just being a valley. I found it much more spectacular to stand on pretty much any mountain in the Alps. Funny enough driving up to the grand canyon there are some arms of it that in essence narrow, deep cracks in the ground. I absolutely loved those!

I-15 out of Vegas hits a small part of Arizona on the way to Utah, and the freeway runs up a river gorge - it's an amazing drive and in no way comparable to the Grand Canyon - but it has its own charm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0dvrBiuX8

Maybe I'll tell my kids this is the Grand Canyon so I can go to In-n-out ;)

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