<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65523" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65532">I took the liberty of using Steve Gryc's comment as a base, with my own edits, in the interest of  getting something submitted quickly.  I apologize if this was offensive. I'd rather it were taken as "</span><span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65749">Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness."</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65523" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65523" dir="ltr">This rule looks like a response to the 'age of litigation' - just ban it all, instead of educating, or allowing visitors to make their own responsible decisions about travel. I guess I was lucky to have wandered around Yellowstone decades ago, when one could visit many of the interesting backcountry sites.  Though when I told him I had gone to Rabbit Creek, the USGS researcher Alfred Truesdell's hair stood on end, as he thought of that as a grizzly-attracting dump site!</div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65524"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65524" dir="ltr">Thanks for the helpful discussions.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65524" dir="ltr">From the 'lurker' who enjoys the group but doesn't get to the park enough.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65524" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479508232795_65548">Chris MacIntosh <br>cmaci@sbcglobal.net</div></div></body></html>