07-27-2016, 10:37 PM
I'm not a player, so don't ask me for details, but pokemon go is encouraging people to visit the physical summit of Mauna Kea plus several observatories. As you can imagine, this isn't going down very well.
For some of the observatories, the use of cell phones interferes with their observations. It's why visitors are requested not to use their cell phones in the summit are. Secondly, it's likely to encourage people who are not prepared for conditions at 14,000 ft to go there anyway. Thirdly, it seems one of the locations people have to visit is the physical summit of the mountain. Not only is this disrespectful, it's dangerous.
This has been made very clear to Niantic by several organizations, but there seems to be little action by the company so far.
If anyone knows pokemon go players who have to visit the summit, please ask them to reconsider and if they still have to go, make sure they are aware of the dangers they face as well as the disrespect and trouble they are causing.
For some of the observatories, the use of cell phones interferes with their observations. It's why visitors are requested not to use their cell phones in the summit are. Secondly, it's likely to encourage people who are not prepared for conditions at 14,000 ft to go there anyway. Thirdly, it seems one of the locations people have to visit is the physical summit of the mountain. Not only is this disrespectful, it's dangerous.
This has been made very clear to Niantic by several organizations, but there seems to be little action by the company so far.
If anyone knows pokemon go players who have to visit the summit, please ask them to reconsider and if they still have to go, make sure they are aware of the dangers they face as well as the disrespect and trouble they are causing.