"Hm, the wind is blowing toward me, and I'm standing behind this geyser that's about to shoot scalding-hot water dozens of feet into the air, but some guy said it was okay, so I should just ignore all common sense and stay right here."And yet it's noted that it was a very windy day and they didn't think to themselves that perhaps they shouldn't be that close...
Hard to feel sorry for them or take anything they have to say about safety concerns seriously.
It's just a geyser. It's not even that cool or necessary to be that close.