jeez just about every single sentence of that story is aggravating.
Looking forward to seeing pictures when you get back
I have not even posted any from my summer trip yet. I promise to do it when I come back
Good deal! Can you bring some snow with you?
I mentioned this before, but in the fall I did a few off-trail hikes on the E Rim and there was an insane amount of beverage containers, TP, and associated biowaste, in canyons next to the Canyon Overlook trailhead overflow parking. There are trash cans and a bathroom less than 0.1 mile away, and yet people couldn't be bothered to use them.
And that is why I don’t like giving away or advertising specifics on the locations we have wandered into. Why do it for any reason? It’s all about exploring and discovering and not following the boot prints of others, getting away. There are tons of amazing places that are not on the radar, good to keep it that way.
If you have the time that's great....which a lot of people do not. It's not the majority of people doing it either. ... Most asking on a bping site probly doesn't vandalize
True everyone had same amount of time. Some have to or want to work more for how they live in life or how they want their family to live. Or how they want to live when they get old. It's not micromanaging it's life. They don't have the options to spend weeks wandering and looking.... Yes more stupid people out and about strains the wilds and stuff some do there is no excuse of their behavior... but it shows how what the world is teaching then..... Nothing. .... Private viewing places is not what public lands are about however. I will give out spots if someone asks... I only state areas online if they are known and can be found. Each his own.
It's not the people who are active participants here that we need to worry about. It's those that google a subject, find the post detailing it's location and never post, but got what they wanted and head out - those are the people that are concerning. And even then, I'd like to believe it's still a vast minority that's causing many of these issues.
Looks like it's official.....64 permits per day to Coyote Buttes North (The Wave) starting in February: https://www.blm.gov/press-release/trump-administration-approves-proposal-expand-visitor-access-wave
My odds just went from 3% to 11%
So to an uninformed person like me, I know the Wave is pretty popular--will it feel overrun with this many people going every day?
That's not the choice I would have made based on what I have seen in the safety patrols there. Too many people don't know what they are doing and the number of people or groups we have walked out are more than they should be, especially during the hot summer months. There are so many reasons why people are unprepared but most come down to faulty communication on someone's part. As a teacher, I daily see how this happens where either I or the student or both don't correctly communicate with each other to get the help or explanation that's needed.