WHY would anyone go past this sign (Utah ski resort warning sign)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The only reason I can think of is that they can't read / can't read English. Other than that...

:shrug:



"Warning signs mark the boundary of The Canyons ski resort and backcountry, rear, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, outside Park City, Utah. Five people who went beyond the barriers are missing, following an avalanche Friday. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/utah_avalanche

PARK CITY, Utah - Rescue workers spent all day Saturday digging through a massive snow pile but found no traces of five people feared dead in a 300-yard-wide, 500-yard-long avalanche that cascaded down a Utah mountainside a day earlier.

Exactly how many skiers were buried in the Friday afternoon snow slide remained unclear late Saturday afternoon.

Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds said officials were still trying to match eyewitness accounts to a list of skiers who were thought to be in the area when the avalanche happened.

Sheriff's Capt. Alan Siddoway said officials knew of five people who were unaccounted for when the search resumed Saturday morning.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Some people

will do anything for a thrill. A sign like this is a challenge to them.

[cruadin]

2. Because they were young, healthy and full of piss and vinegar...

and they thought mortality was a concept in a video game.

[GregW]

10. Not any more - now they're D-E-A-D

cest la guerre

[zbdent]

3. Same reason Republicans lie on national TV

they know they can get away with it, and they don't think that rules apply to them.

Except that these poor souls - DIDN'T.

[lastknowngood]

4. Darwin award winners? We can only hope they didn't procreate

n/t

[amazona]

5. because bogus overblown warnings are everywhere

I venture past "No trespassing" signs all the time in pursuit of my hobby, which is birdwatching. You become inured to overblown warning signs full of sound and fury signifying nothing. "Trespassers will be shot on sight. Survivors will be shot again." Oh, yeah, sure, they will, ho hum. The only time anyone shot at me, I was washing my face in my own home.

If there were no people who dared to push the limits, we'd still be in caves. But daring as a part of human nature comes at a price.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Deja Q]

12. We'd be in caves, but we wouldn't have WMDs to use. In many ways,

we're just as animalistic and smelly and grunty as our caveman forebearers were, millenia ago.

[B Calm]

6. Same reason people sign up for the war in Iraq..

[ET Awful]

7. Because the sign is there primarily for liability purposes.

Backcountry skiing and snowboarding is nothing new, and the number of people injured doing it are a very small portion of those who actually do it.

A good working knowledge of backcountry procedures and monitoring of avalanche conditions (along with carrying requisite equipment such as avalanche beacons and probes) minimizes the risk.

The majority of people that are injured in backcountry endeavors have no training and no preparation.

[BiggJawn]

8. "I thought they were talking about the other guy..."

"The sign didn't specifically name ME!"

"The rules don't apply to me, I'm an Extreme Skier, Dude, DANGER...is my Hobby!" (this from a guy who thinks he's tough because he's worn out 3 PlayStations)

[Phentex]

9. That was my answer. This always happens to OTHER people. Not me.

[Coventina]

11. I sure hope people who DID stay on property were not killed

by the avalanche triggered by the morans.

[MaineDem]

14. This from another article...

"Those feared buried were in an out-of-bounds area near The Canyons resort that had been marked with a skull and crossbones warning to thrill-seekers. "


http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap01-16-071943.asp?t=apnew&vts=11620050810

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. There've been underwater caves in FLA with signs depicting dead divers,

skulls, etc.

Of course more dudes went in there and died anyway, including those without gear/training for cave diving, which is a somewhat risky activity even for those who are well trained and have the right gear.