Park rangers at the Grand Canyon have to constantly rescue tourists who blatantly ignore warnings and attempt to hike all the way down to the river and back up in a single day,…

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Park rangers at the Grand Canyon have to constantly rescue tourists who blatantly ignore warnings and attempt to hike all the way down to the river and back up in a single day, often doing so in cheap flip-flops and carrying only a single bottle of water. The canyon acts like a deceptive inverted mountain where the hardest part of the physical exertion comes at the very end when you are already severely dehydrated and baking in hundred-degree heat. It is a stunning natural monument that doubles as a giant, geological intelligence test, violently punishing anyone who assumes millions of years of majestic rock erosion can be casually conquered on a Tuesday afternoon!