鈥淚nstagram鈥� tourists should drop the act, stay on the trail and enjoy reality

A screenshot of the Virtika Instagram account.

By Marjorie 鈥淪lim鈥� Woodruff | Writers on the Range

PUBLISHED: July 18, 2023 at 10:32 AM MDT | UPDATED: July 19, 2023 at 12:06 PM MDT

Getting your player ready...

Perhaps I could start a trend: Down-and-dirty influencing. Sweaty, beyond tired, what it really looks like to have hiked up to that cliff. Think it would catch on?

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