Death Valley Trotty - Michele Digonnet - A Smash N' Grad

[Beardilocks]

The topic of what we share and the impact it has is more important than ever. Not just due to The Drama. But I was discussing this with my hiking partner the other day: how the DV landscape (figuratively) has changed since Digonnet released his first book. Would he still do it now? Impossible to compare I think. Visitation is up 1000% since then, it’s literally a different world. But that leaves me with a lot of anxiety about what I post and what I don’t. Do I start a DV specific hiking site? Or write a book? At the end of the day I couldn’t include most of my favorite places because I’m fully aware of what will happen to them. I’ve watched it happen in so many other canyons. And I’m not naive or egotistical enough to think I can show off places and think people won’t find them one way or another. Nothing is secret once it’s shared, even obscurely or vaguely.