Out Of Bounds

There is nothing cute about doing anything that is in an "out of bounds" area. Rescue teams know how dangerous their work is and how much impact they feel when a chance-taker who thought it would be fun to go out of bounds, is found dead. Tragically, the risk taker didn't. Those who go out of bounds, are gravely mistaken by their love of a cheap thrill going where they put their lives in danger. They are shallow thinkers who can't seem to stretch their meagre thought processes beyond their own egos. Such as they are. They aren't thinking of anything but their own need to pit themselves against the odds. They usually know nothing specific about the environment they enter, nor are they intelligently prepared for the hazards it presents. They forget that the signs are there for good reasons. Rescue teams are in place to save people who are genuinely in trouble in the safe zones, not the stupid individuals who play games and for selfish and silly reasons, go beyond the danger signage. I don't think I'm wrong when I say that some of those rescued are irresponsible types who crave attention. They want the so-called infamy fame of being rescued and becoming part of "the news". They want their pictures in the media so that they can brag to all of their equally stupid supportive peers about the experience they brought upon themselves. They gave no thought about putting the lives of their rescuers in danger, the well trained people who have families at home worrying about them, too. Why are we not charging these individuals for the service costs that we tax payers have to bear in saving irresponsible humans who deliberately go beyond out of bounds signs? It annoys me to read over and over about the times, almost daily, that people deliberately cross the safe boundaries for what they think is going to be a fun experience.  I read today about two kids who crossed the boundary signage with their snowboards and had to be rescued by a helicopter crew. The crew did so putting their lives on the line to pick up these irresponsible boys who should know better. What they did was not funny.  I will not say why the story hit the headlines because it would just give these two silly little boys more attention. The attention they received unlike what they think it was, is not how amusing their actions were, but how stupid and thoughtless it was to be there in the first place.  But it is certain that what they did to "help" themselves will give them a great deal of fame or in truth, infamy, of their young teen friends. The cell phones will be hot with it no doubt. I would hope, however, that the same young people who giggle over the incident will also give due praise to the adults on the helicopter and others who daily have to deal with such stupid and disgusting actions.