Yes, Instagram Has Led to Overcrowding in Yosemite. That's OK: A Professional Climber Reflects on the Bad and Good of a Tourism Spectacle

Authors

Beth Rodden

Abstract

Social media has Instagrammed the outdoors but also cultivated community. The crowds who flock to the park in February to see Horsetail Fall deserve to enjoy public lands, too.

Recommended Citation

Rodden, Beth (2025) "Yes, Instagram Has Led to Overcrowding in Yosemite. That's OK: A Professional Climber Reflects on the Bad and Good of a Tourism Spectacle," Appalachia: Vol. 76: No. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/appalachia/vol76/iss2/4