Student abandons camera on a mountain as an experiment on trust
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[quote]A student left a camera on a picturesque mountaintop in Snowdonia in an experiment into human trust.
Paul Bellis Jones, 24, left a note with the camera near the summit of Mount Tryfan, instructing walkers to take a picture then leave it for the next person.
He was keen to know if the camera would be returned to his home in Glan Conwy, near Llandudno, as per his instructions, of if it would be stolen instead.
Thankfully for Mr Jones, over 30 ramblers took photographs of themselves at the beauty spot, which overlooks two large rocks near the summit.
When the film ran out four days later, the camera was personally returned to his house by a National Park warden.
The student, who left the camera and accompanying note in a sealed bag, launched the experiment in mid-May.
He said: 'I was speaking to a friend who said you can't trust anyone, anywhere these days.
'I didn't want to believe that so I set up this experiment to found out what might happen and proved you can trust people.'
'I planned it that way. Tryfan is very popular and gets a lot of visitors, but not as many as Snowdon.
'The camera was one of the use-once type and was left in clear view near Adam and Eve, the two large rocks, right at the summit.
'I took the first photo of my friends and then left it. There was another group just behind us coming up to the summit and I saw they had found the camera and knew it was being used. But I didn't know then if I would see it again.'
The camera was returned to Mr Jones by Ogwen Valley warden Brian Jones.
He said: 'We find a lot of equipment on the hills during the year and we do our best to reunite it with their owners.
'I found the camera and thought it had been lost until I saw the note.
'I was passing his home and just dropped it off. I'm glad the photos came out fine.'
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Some of the pictures in the link
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209877/Camera-abandoned-student-mountain-returned-snaps-fellow-walkers.html[/url]
I bet if anyone here were to find the camera, they'd probably take a picture of their dick or something.
[quote]Paul Bellis Jones, 24, left a note with the camera near the summit of Mount Tryfan, instructing walkers to take a picture then leave it for the next person.
He was keen to know if the camera would be returned to his home in Glan Conwy, near Llandudno, as per his instructions, of if it would be stolen instead.[/quote]
No porn?
In all seriousness, though, this is pretty awesome. [B]This[/B] is the world we've come to.
The returners name is Ogwen Valley warden Brian Jones?
It's not a big surprise it wasn't stolen, you don't exactly meet everyday smug bastards that would just take it ON A MOUNTAIN.
Sounds like he's geocaching.
[QUOTE=ole johan;17409592]The returners name is Ogwen Valley warden Brian Jones?
It's not a big surprise it wasn't stolen, you don't exactly meet everyday smug bastards that would just take it ON A MOUNTAIN.[/QUOTE]
It's the magic of the mountain.
Wow that's pretty cool.
Everyone says there is no hope left for humanity when they read the news but the media just tends to talk about all the bad shit that happens.
Seems like there's still trust to humanity.
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;17409610]It's the magic of the mountain.[/QUOTE]
Oh I see.
Juvenile camps should be located on the top of mountains.
Most theifs are poor and cannot afford to go hiking, that is why the camera is still there
[QUOTE=Sethorion;17409625]Wow that's pretty cool.
Everyone says there is no hope left for humanity when they read the news but the media just tends to talk about all the bad shit that happens.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. If the media didn't try to scare its viewers with all the negative happenings, people would probably be a little less paranoid.
Really awesome that random people would take awesome photo's and leave the camera again :smile:
Thiefs were probably there but decided that they did not want the camera cause it was of a shitty one-time use.
As above people have hinted, I doubt he'd get the same result if he left a £350 SLR camera. Still, it's a cool story.
Leave a Panasonic Lumix G in Glasgow and see what happens.
Who the fuck would steal a 1 use camera.
Stupid article...
that's really cool!
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[QUOTE=Jallen;17411744]Who the fuck would steal a 1 use camera.
Stupid article...[/QUOTE]
free camera. Plus you can ghetto rig it so you can use the flash over and over as much as you want to annoy the shit out of people.
Who would steal a one-use point n shoot that costs $5?
if you found a camera like that on the street with 22 spaces of film out of 30, you would just leave it there.
Try that experiment in LA.
As everyone else has said, I'd like to see him do the same with a decent camera. Just about anything but a shitty disposable would get stolen.
You know what?
I'm going to try this on the Ben Franklin Parkway downtown my city, Philadelphia.
This story SO reminds me of something Derren Brown did:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxYCh_p2Mjs[/media]
One of my favorite things ever
[QUOTE=mysteryman;17411868]You know what?
I'm going to try this on the Ben Franklin Parkway downtown my city, Philadelphia.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't last 5 minutes.
I agree, a disposable camera isn't saying much.. If he left a nice digital one or something, I don't know, then I would be impressed..
[QUOTE=Sirdangolot5;17412259]This story SO reminds me of something Derren Brown did:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxYCh_p2Mjs[/media]
One of my favorite things ever[/QUOTE]
Everyone knows that a yellow circle repels humans.
It dates back to the early years of humanity, when people would pee in a circle around objects they didn't want others to take, such as food or children.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;17412270]Wouldn't last 5 minutes.[/QUOTE]
anywhere else in philly yeah. But the parkway i have faith in.
The parkway is pretty much the strip. It has the art museum (rocky woot woot) the philadelphia main library branch, Franklin institute, convention center, reading terminal market (which is like a famous food court)
Neat story, I don't think I could have the trust to leave a camera like that.
[QUOTE] Tryfan is very popular and gets a lot of visitors, but not as many as Snowdon.[/QUOTE]
If he put it on Snowdon, it would have probably been thrown off. Snowdon gets tons of visitors. When I went to the summit it was crowded like china.
Go leave a D80 somewhere and see if it works out.
Take a goatse-style picture
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