Off topic, but NP related - don't try this at home, kids

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-yellowstone-national-park-cook-chickens-hot-spring-20201106-qvx7pg3i5ff2dkpngre7kj22xa-story.html

Cheaper to buy it already cooked at the local concession than to pay the fine. Plus no risk of falling into the hot spring...but would have made for a Darwin Award if he had.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2020 05:12AM by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there.

Sigh. People are such idiots.

On the other hand, I do remember visiting Lassen Volcanic National Park about sixty years ago and watching a ranger (who was also a family friend) boil and egg in a tiny geothermal vent while he gave his chat about the place. And when he finished his chat, he pulled out a bandana, extracted the egg, and ate it for lunch.

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They do it in Iceland, too. The difference, compared to Yellowstone, is that the vents are on firm solidified lava. In Yellowstone the vents can be on very unsafe terrain.