This takes a huge toll on local backcountry/backpacking/canoeing/adventure firms too. One of my companies’ clients is an almost 30-year old business with a tea

This takes a huge toll on local backcountry/backpacking/canoeing/adventure firms too. One of my companies’ clients is an almost 30-year old business with a team of almost 15 guides. Each one of them has more than a decade of experience, they’re all Red Cross certified at First Aid, and they hold a large collection of industry specific credentials. Business was booming for them. Then someone setup shop looking to make a quick buck. The prices are about half, but they bring huge groups out to dangerous spots with no safety equipment and no safety briefings. There have been serious close calls that their group has created with my client’s tour groups, doing stupid things like throwing rocks off areas that are actively being used below by climbers and such.