Itâs been 5 years since I last hiked Angels Landingâa quick detour during a backpacking trip on the West Rim. It was always a fun hike, though I have little desire to do it today given the overcrowding the trail routinely experiences.
Iâve worked hard to get more people outdoors, with the thought that more constituents will provide stronger protections and more land set aside from development and abuse. But, I also canât help but feel like Iâve somehow âlostâ countless places that were very personally meaningful because todayâs experience is so vastly degraded from the one I originally fell in love with.
