I was talking to a distant cousin in Europe about hiking and how here in BC, you can (with some effort) go up in the forest and be completely isolated from civi

I was talking to a distant cousin in Europe about hiking and how here in BC, you can (with some effort) go up in the forest and be completely isolated from civilization. Heck, you might even lose cell service! He mentioned how he was so frustrated when he'd go on ambitious hikes, feel pretty "alone with nature" and then, at the summit.. there's a pub. There are a couple mountain summits here like that (e.g. Grouse Mountain) but luckily quite a bit of reasonably-"untouched" stuff. That said, as time goes on you have to go further and further out to experience that "untouched" nature, and I don't see that slowing down anytime soon. The spread of humans is seemingly inevitable, thus the seeking of selfies isn't really a noteworthy aspect. IMO it's a "drop in the bucket" compared to stuff like hyper-available trail map apps/websites with ratings and comments and up-to-the-minute video clips from fellow hikers/offroaders reporting conditions of every possible trail in existence. Stuff that wasn't even known to anyone suddenly becomes the hot new thing overnight because someone added it to one of those apps and called it "the region's best-hidden gem".