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Grand Canyon PSAR rangers Ashley Butts and Josh Weiner talk to hikers on the Bright Angel Trail Aug. 12. Loretta Yerian/WGCN

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Preventative Search and Rescue rangers at Grand Canyon National Park keeping people safe with over 145,000 hiker contacts in 2015

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - A sign at Grand Canyon, that makes people laugh, reads, 'Going down is optional, coming up is mandatory.'Whether hikers are laughing from nervousness or from doubt in the sign's truth, is up to the individual, but the fact remains - going into one of the world's most well-known Canyons is not to be taken lightly.

By Loretta Yerian August 16, 2016