As popular as outdoor recreation already is, I think we need to encourage more people to go outside. That’s the only way we can protect the natural areas we have left. As for the skeptics, I ask, how can you expect people to support environmental legislation if they never experience nature? Yes, books and websites like mine mean some trails might become overcrowded. But the answer to overcrowding in the wilderness is not to keep people out. The answer is to create more wilderness.