Originally Posted By balzaccom
We have had some discussions recently about the wisdom of posting all of our trip reports--especially the ones that point people to those out of the way corners that have yet to be discovered by the great social media masses....


I've never been a fan of this line of thought. You see it much stronger in the surfing community to the point of assaults and vandalism in attempts to lay claim over "their" public spaces. I get it. I am definitely in the camp of people who backpack for solitude and I use many of your tricks to find it, but these are public places. If people don't have access to them or find value in them, then we will lose them. I think instead of trying to keep gems hidden, we should try to overload the internet. If people have an overwhelming number of choices for hidden gems in the back country then they can't crowd out all of them. Getting more people into nature to value its spectacular beauty is a win for the whole world.