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Traveling video-makers off track with selfies in Yellowstone
Traveling video-makers off track with selfies in Yellowstone
Published May 18, 2016
· Associated Press
In the latest episode of tourists disturbing wildlife and sensitive geological sites in a national park, a group of men who post pictures and videos of their travels on social media are in hot water for walking onto a sensitive hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, snapping selfies and dipping a hand into water that can reach the boiling point.
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At Yellowstone, rangers filed a criminal complaint Monday against three members of the group known as High on Life SundayFundayz for stepping onto a geothermal feature. ... The group has posted an apology on its website and social networks for leaving the boardwalk path that visitors are required to stay on to protect both tourists and sensitive hot springs.
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They have offered to donate up to $5,000 to the park. The group removed photos and video showing some of them touching the hot water at the Grand Prismatic Spring over the weekend. ... The criminal complaint was filed against Charles Ryker Gamble, Alexey Andriyovych Lyakh and Justis Cooper Price-Brown. Witnesses and video posted on the Internet show four men going about 25 yards off the boardwalk, according to the complaint.
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The group describes itself as friends from Vancouver, British Columbia, who have established a clothing line and have a “good time” making videos, according to their web site. The High on Life moniker is the name of their clothing line and also signifies the “attitude to embrace all of life’s opportunities with a positive outlook and energy,” it said. .... Witnesses reported the incident to rangers and provided pictures of the large recreational vehicle the group traveled in. The vehicle, with British Columbia license plates, is registered to Charles Gamble, according to the complaint.
Published May 18, 2016
· Associated Press
In the latest episode of tourists disturbing wildlife and sensitive geological sites in a national park, a group of men who post pictures and videos of their travels on social media are in hot water for walking onto a sensitive hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, snapping selfies and dipping a hand into water that can reach the boiling point.
....
At Yellowstone, rangers filed a criminal complaint Monday against three members of the group known as High on Life SundayFundayz for stepping onto a geothermal feature. ... The group has posted an apology on its website and social networks for leaving the boardwalk path that visitors are required to stay on to protect both tourists and sensitive hot springs.
....
They have offered to donate up to $5,000 to the park. The group removed photos and video showing some of them touching the hot water at the Grand Prismatic Spring over the weekend. ... The criminal complaint was filed against Charles Ryker Gamble, Alexey Andriyovych Lyakh and Justis Cooper Price-Brown. Witnesses and video posted on the Internet show four men going about 25 yards off the boardwalk, according to the complaint.
....
The group describes itself as friends from Vancouver, British Columbia, who have established a clothing line and have a “good time” making videos, according to their web site. The High on Life moniker is the name of their clothing line and also signifies the “attitude to embrace all of life’s opportunities with a positive outlook and energy,” it said. .... Witnesses reported the incident to rangers and provided pictures of the large recreational vehicle the group traveled in. The vehicle, with British Columbia license plates, is registered to Charles Gamble, according to the complaint.
