Art in the Parks

[JulieKT]

http://kutv.com/news/local/nps-irreplacable-petroglyphs-defaced-by-tourists-again

Some people are the worst.

Yes, they are. It's part of why the parks won't share info on where some petroglyph/pictograph sites are, because some people are massive jerks. Many of the comments under the post about it on the park's FB page are, as usual, illuminating. I do agree more signage should perhaps be posted about *why* adding one's graffiti to ancient sites is a bad idea. With the enormous influx of visitation the past several years, more and more people who just don't get it are visiting these places. Sometimes, they need in-your-face education.

I was just there the other day and stopped to take a pic of the affected site. From my photo you can't really see the graffiti anymore, they already may have attended to it somewhat. But I wasn't as close up as the vantage point from the released photo.

 

[Gravel Grunger]

http://kutv.com/news/local/nps-irreplacable-petroglyphs-defaced-by-tourists-again

Some people are the worst.

It happens way more than you think. My friend interned at Zion this summer and cleaned up over 420 sites of graffiti.

 

[Gravel Grunger]

Then there are these guys...

 

[Nick]

Is that someone on top of Delicate Arch shooting off fireworks?! Where did that come from?

 

[Bob]

you can photoshop that instead of actually doing it.

 

[Nick]

you can photoshop that instead of actually doing it.

Yes, and I could photoshop a unicorn coming out of my ass, but I wouldn't put it past some idiots to climb that thing.

 

[Wyatt Carson]

Yes, and I could photoshop a unicorn coming out of my ass, but I wouldn't put it past some idiots to climb that thing.

About ten years ago Dean Potter did just that and caught hell for it. But then he did one too many base jumps...

seems like some dumbass lit fires around the arch to photograph it some years ago too.

 

[Gravel Grunger]

Yes, and I could photoshop a unicorn coming out of my ass, but I wouldn't put it past some idiots to climb that thing.

 

[Nick]

Extra points for the gnome!