A group of tourists are being slammed for disobeying no entry signs on a dangerous ledge overlooking the Grand Canyon.
Park ranger Sarah Anderson spotted a group of young girls maneuvering over a sign which said ‘do not enter’ and venturing across the edge of North Rim Grand Canyon.
She watched in shock as the group launched into a series of yoga poses while watching the sun go down in the off-limits area.
Anderson shared footage of her disappointing encounter with the social media group ‘Tourons of National Parks’, which highlights and mocks visitors’ idiotic behavior.
It showed the sign the group disobeyed, before panning across to a woman sitting on a ledge overlooking the canyon. She later clarified the young woman wasn’t alone.
Anderson said: ‘It was a group of young adults, this girl was doing yoga moves right before this. They were all there watching sunset, but obviously breaking rules.’
A group of young adult tourists are being slammed on the internet for disobeying no entry signs on a dangerous ledge overlooking the Grand Canyon
Park ranger Sarah Anderson clarified these young girls crossed over the trail closed sign on the edge of North Rim Grand Canyon. The group proceeded to do yoga while they watched the sun go down
Viewers expressed their frustration with the group’s actions.
One user wrote: ‘When I visited south rim, most of my anxiety came from seeing people doing stuff like this. I thought for sure there was going to be a death.’
Another wrote: ‘How about this sign: “Enter at your own risk, death and injury are possible, you are responsible for all rescue costs.”’
Falling is the number two cause of death at the Grand Canyon. From 2007 to 2023, 40 deaths have occurred from falls – an average of 2.4 every years, according to the Grand Canyon’s official website.
Two months ago a tourist plummeted to his death at the Grand Canyon. Abel Joseph Mejia a 20-year-old college student of Hickory, North Carolina, accidentally fell 400 feet after hiking off trail at the Grand Canyon.
Hickory was found by National Park Service workers 400 feet ‘below the rim’ of the Pipe Creek Overlook around 10.30am on August 1.
The video, captured by other tourists, showed the girl sitting mere feet before the cliff’s edge
Falling is the number two cause of death at the Grand Canyon. From 2007 to 2023, 40 deaths have occurred from falls – an average of 2.4 every years, according to the Grand Canyon’s official website
‘Mr. Mejia was near the edge of the rim when he suffered an accidental fall,’ NPS said.
Grand Canyon National Park spokesperson Joelle Baird told AZ Family that Mejia was hiking off-trail, ‘which is a pretty common place occurrence for a lot of our visitors here.’
The National Park Service, which is currently investigating the death, reminds parkgoers to ‘always keep a safe distance of at least six feet (2m) from the edge of the rim and stay behind railings and fences at overlooks.’
Turning Point Pentecostal Church said in a Facebook post that Mejia was on a ‘missions trip’ when the fatal fall occurred.
