I agree to a point but should a half way reasonable person raise an eyebrow when planning a backcountry outing someplace called "Death Valley".

In addition to the common sense factor; the NPS is pretty good (where I've travelled anyway) at doing everything short of smacking folks in the head with a 2x4 to try and get them to take care of themselves.
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