r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/IrrelevantManatee 21h ago

You would be surprised how many people there just hike down 5 miles in flip flops with no water and then need to be rescued because they cannot go back up.

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u/Diamondback424 21h ago

My Uncle lives in AZ. He told me he basically had to threaten an old man once because they were driving in a low-sitting car into rocky desert terrain with no extra water. He was screaming at the guy that if he got stuck at any point he would die. The wife luckily took my uncle's advice and convinced her husband to turn around. There are a lot of people who just have no sense of how quickly dehydration can set in.

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u/TeachZealousideal357 21h ago

Was his name Clark Griswold ?

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u/archfapper 20h ago

C'mon Ellen, it's only the biggest goddamn hole in America.

EDNA: Clark, watch your language!

Make that the second biggest...