What is the most wild place you have been in your life? Have you ever been in the wilderness when suddenly you saw a group of people - even from a distance - and felt that wilderness feeling crack like an eggshell?
This week’s essay on the Little Dipper (to be in your email inbox on Wednesday) looks at the latest use figures just released for our national parks, the continued growth in overcrowding, and the dilemma of “loving our parks to death.” The new numbers beg the question: is wilderness an endangered species?
But first, tell me of a time you have felt the joy of solitude in a wild place or of a time when your solitude was shattered by too many people.
How many are too many in a wild place? How many is just right?
Let me hear your stories in the comments and then look for the new essay called “Far From the Maddening Crowd” in your email on Wednesday.
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— Jeff Rennicke