The Embarrassing History of Crap Thrown into Yellowstone’s Geysers
10+ years ago I visited Yellowstone in the winter, and thought it would be cool to rent a snowmobile.<p>I&#x27;ve never felt like such a jerk as when I blazed into a national park alongside dozens of other yahoos atop our loud, polluting machines spewing exhaust everywhere. Our group, from one rental company, would periodically cross paths with groups from other companies, so who knows how many of us there actually were.<p>At one point en elk or moose or such was near the road, and it was immediately surrounded by ten or so snowmobiles, each trying to see how close they could get before taking a photo.<p>I looked it up at the time and I think the Clinton administration tried to curtail the snowmobile invasion, only to face such opposition from operators that they gave up.<p>This is why we can&#x27;t have nice things, I guess.