No tags, please, we’re hiking: is Instagram so bad for the great outdoors?

Geotags are causing overcrowding and disruption, we're told - but if nature isn't for everyone, who decides who it's for?

Before we hike Mount Storm King, my wife, Kelsey, is met with a simple request: please don't geotag your photos.

Kelsey learned about the trail from a work friend, who posted images on Instagram after reaching the summit alongside several hiking influencers. It's the hiking influencers we're warned not to upset, as best practice for them requires posting their photographs or videos with no geographic specificity, just a tag saying Washington state".