When the government’s away, Yosemite National Park becomes a lawless free-for-all. Since the latest federal shutdown kicked off on October 1, a skeleton crew of park staff has been left to deal with a flood of tourists acting like laws are optional if no one’s around to enforce them.

As reported by The Travel, Yosemite National Park, in particular, is being overrun by people taking full advantage of there being no one around to tell them no.

The National Park Service’s contingency plan during shutdowns is to toss out the bare minimum number of staff and send everyone else home. The visitor center doors are locked, and tours have been canceled. But trails, roads, and campgrounds are wide open. This is the perfect environment for someone to, say, illegally base jump off El Capitan.

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