Yeah, they make it look easy on tv but people forget these are pros with the best teams gathering intel beforehand, it's not all just happy go lucky. It breaks my heart every time I hear on the news that a traveler will not make their way home because of an accident, getting lost out there is no joke, in the winter you have lots of slippery ice sometimes hidden under snow, avalanches too, lots to look out for. I should do some research and find out the stats of death and injuries and do a report and suggestions to mitigate. Thanks for the idea 😁
Combining my observations with what I have seen from other cultures here on hive I noticed what the issue is and it has a lot to do with cultural differences where the demographic that does really unsafe things here are offered similar experiences where they can approach and feed the wildlife or can do dumb things because they are in a controlled environment in their home country and they associate and assume it's as safe to do here, it's more like you're responsible for your own safety.
For example, surrounding a deer. Mainly Asians do that but they have a national park where the deer come to them for food so it is seen as a safe experience for them, except it's unacceptable and dangerous here, just like I would probably be freaked out getting chassed by a bunch of deer if I went to a park China. With language barriers added to that not speaking english adds even more difficulties. That is my hopes by communicating safety a little at a time in an interesting way in each post.
I have done some of those posts about animal space, I mention it regularly especially when I post about the Bison in a different park. I didn't mention it this time but I don't even exit the vehicle, I get out the sunroof like a Great White North Safari and I have a 300 mm lens and a good camera. I don't think the animals get in trouble for charging because the park is aware of the provocative human behavior.
The bigger problem is people leave food rubbish that attracts bears and wolves to campgrounds and then they have to euthanize the animal because they CANNOT associate humans with food and they return once they know they can get food and turn aggressive when they don't get any.
Thanks for your words of support, I will certainly announce it on Hive first when I do decide to print the books!
RE: Jasper National Park: The end of an era at Maligne Lake