People like this make me insane. We spend lots of time every year finding people who got lost going off a trail, who got stuck going off a trail or who end up on the side of a cliff for going off trail. We spend thousands of hours designing and maintaining trails so that they are relatively safe for the hikers. If I had caught these folks they would have been cited and given a 72 hour eviction from the parks in that management unit. It is people like this that put my life and the lives of my co-workers and rescue personnel at risk for no apparent reason than rules do not apply to them.