The case for keeping the wilderness wild

Name: The case for keeping the wilderness wild
Uploaded: 2022-10-25T17:06:57Z
Duration: 13 min 47 s
Description: With record numbers of visitors, our National Parks & wilderness areas face a novel debate — do we keep the wild wild? Or do we put up signs & guardrails to make the mountains more like extensions of our urban environments? Rock climber and near-death survivor Francis Sanzaro argues that the wilderness should be a place to encounter and overcome adversity.

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Francis Sanzaro |

TEDxMileHigh

• April 2022

With record numbers of visitors, our National Parks & wilderness areas face a novel debate — do we keep the wild wild? Or do we put up signs & guardrails to make the mountains more like extensions of our urban environments? Rock climber and near-death survivor Francis Sanzaro argues that the wilderness should be a place to encounter and overcome adversity.