Thread 2836473

Seems like most people just go out in “nature” (easily accessible walkpath that you can drive to) so they can “look” (take instagram pictures) of the “nature” (cool looking rocks). They don’t give a fuck about actually preserving nature or protecting wildlife or letting nature exist for the sake of it existing.
>take car into paved road into national park
>park in paved parking lot in pristine area
>walk on crowded trail
>wait in line to take picture
>leave
>cross it off their “bucket list”
>leave
>”wow, national park was breathtaking”
Just look how fucking mad the mountain biking “community” got when they were told they couldn’t bring their disruptive hobby into wilderness areas anymore.
Look how fucking mad the instagram “community” got when they were told they couldn’t trample wildflowers anymore for their photos.
Look how fucking mad the Europeans get over the fact that some US nature isn’t “easily accessible” (we don’t have a train that takes you to the top of the mountain)
Look how people hate on places like the Everglades or Indiana sand dunes, saying they “shouldn’t be national parks” because there aren’t photogenic rock structures to pose under.
Nature needs to be gatekept harder. It needs to be less accessible and there should be vast swaths of wild set aside where NOBODY can go. We need to preserve these lands for the sake of the wildlife and biodiversity. Fuck your Instagram pictures, you’re trampling the foliage and degrading the rocks. Fuck your backpacking, you’re creating human habitat and leaving fucking trash all over the place. Fuck your 4 wheelers and mountain bikes and fucking speakers blasting music.
Nobody understands the actual importance of nature, they just feel entitled to go into it and disrupt it and take pictures of it.
Pic related, the Appalachian trail, americas “premier wilderness hiking trail” where you cross a road or parking lot on average every 3 miles

>>2836473 (OP)
It seems you have confused tourism with preservationism. Silly fool.

>where NOBODY can go
Nope, public land exists for the public and if it doesnt it has no purpose in a liberal democracy. Its a part of the american social contract at this point. They have to be open to some form of recreation. But american wilderness designation is very strict, far stricter than anywhere else in the world and allows for minimally impactful recreation while effectively preserving the land.

You and many others have also forgotten how why got here and why. There is a reason the national parks are built the way they are and why they have the stupid little stamp book collectibles and why they have infrastructure to access things and why they have stupid ranger talks. Back in the day, the first people attempting to preserve land found the best way to get the public behind the idea was to give them a tourist experience. The rangers and the land inspire visitors to tell their reps to preserve land. Most famously john muir did this personally with roosevelt. So they developed the parks with all the stupid interp stuff in mind because it was the only way to get the public backing to protect land.

I don't think there should be trails to mountain peaks, let alone stairs with railings.

Fat people should be killed on sight in the mountains, because if they fall and roll down the hill they could kill someone or do serious damage to a passing vehicle or medium sized animal.