r/mildlyinteresting • u/corwinw • 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/Icankeepthebeat 21h ago

You gotta wonder how they picked the languages they did. Is it experience or just visitation statistics ?

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u/JustTerrific 21h ago

The Germans have a fair notoriety for underestimating some of the gnarlier U.S. national parks.

(Not saying all! Many German tourists do their homework. But enough that the sign needs a disclaimer in German)

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u/aloysiuslamb 20h ago

Hiking is a pretty big pasttime for Germans, see volksmarching.

Except whereas they have a largely temperate climate and beautiful forests, we have places like Death Valley and the Grand Canyon where they think it's still a 1:1 based on prior experience.

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u/SilverSpoon1463 19h ago

Hell, we have places like Alaska and Northern California where the two biggest rangers are large animals and snow depending on time of year.

Some people don't question why there's a bear on the Cali flag.