Have you seen “Instagram” tourists? 'These are the folks who trample fields of wildflowers in order to get a shot of themselves displaying a sponsored product. Or who photograph their colorful paintings on wilderness rock faces.'
What has happened to old-fashioned spontaneity? Imitation is a form of flattery, but is the only picture worth having one that’s copied from someone else’s? There’s even a website that allows one to paste family pictures into vacation spots without bothering to visit them. A great time saver.
People are also falling into copycat mode because apparently just standing on a rim isn’t sexy enough. One has to jump or pretend to fall, which unfortunately may segue into the real thing. Search and rescue groups decry the glut of visitors who just want the “perfect” picture. There is even a word for them: Killfies.
Then I discovered an entire genre of Instagram posts dedicated to ladies who hike and climb in high heels. I assumed that they hiked in real shoes and then changed for the shot, but no, some of them climb mountains in heels. What could possibly go wrong? Sometimes an experience doesn’t even need to exist in reality. One summer I worked as an “educational liaison” at a local business that featured a diorama of the Grand Canyon in their courtyard. Busloads of tourists would line up to get their picture in front of … that picture of the canyon. I wanted to yell, “The real thing is only seven miles away!”
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