[aa-jv]

I think its more troubling to think that someones Very Important Thing™ might be being disturbed by someone elses More Important Thing™.

Whining about flashlights ruining your shot is one thing - not having compassion for someone who might be searching the mountain for a lost colleague, or any one of a number of other possible scenarios, is another thing entirely.

Its quite psychopathic to not at least consider that there might have been a more noble purpose behind those flashlights than just "some random creep ruining my special shot".

In this scenario, the onus of responsibility is on the photographer, not the other visitors, to ensure the sterility of their scene. Why didn't the author climb up there and talk to them, or coordinate at the visitors center, or some such effort - instead of just immediately jumping to hostile blame.

[fumeux_fume]

Very troubling to think the author did not even consider that those people were searching for their long lost colleague after reciveing mysterious signals coming from the Teide crater. All of which indicating an exact point in space and time where a portal would appear and contact could finally be made. Actually quite psychopathic they didn't consider this at all.

[sva_]

Now that I think of it, since they were shouting to turn off the lights ... If I heard some people shouting something I can't understand in the dark near a 3700m peak, I would presume there might be people who need help and try to locate them. It would make sense that they came into their direction.

[solace_silence]

Aren't you assuming that the author didn't reach out?

[aa-jv]

There's nothing in the article that indicates they reached out - there is plenty in the article to indicate that the assumption of entitlement to the mountain was being made, in spades.