Zermatt
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Anybody up there see this happen? Looks horrifying but he came out alive on his own.
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These idiots are going to get restrictions put on Tucks…social media has people going way above their limits
If it turned out differently alot of people would have been scarred for life…
The first time I did tucks it was 30 years ago and I had no right being there either nor did a lot of others there. It was really no different. There has been idiots doing it for a long time.I think that social media brings things that are usually harder to find out about to a more general population. 20 years ago if you wanted to do something like Tucks it required specific knowledge and information. Now you see a video of someone, say oh that looks cool and google it. This leads to people who have none of the prerequisite knowledge or business being there saying f-it and going for it.
Also the widespread camera phones and gopros have led to a more “look at me” approach to things. Where all some people care about is that others are seeing the “cool” shit they’re doing so they’re more likely to push their limits and get into dangerous situations.
I know in the past few years I’ve seen more and more videos of people way over their heads coming close to death or serious injury in many outdoor activities…
Nope. Not going to happen. That is National Forest. They can and will not restrict access. I have had this converstaion with the rangers several times. Thier respose is, "this is your national forest, we can only give you guidence". The last time was a coule of years ago. They had High avalance danger posted on the the sigen board and tons of people were in the parking lot headed up. And still they said, they can only advise.These idiots are going to get restrictions put on Tucks…social media has people going way above their limits
If it turned out differently alot of people would have been scarred for life…