We just love this video. Just as beautiful as the places which have been preserved, is the idea which ultimately became law.

"In order to ensure that... Expanding Settlement, and Growing Mechanization does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States, for this purpose there is established Wilderness Areas... where man himself is a visitor who does not remain, where the land retains its primeval character and influence."
                                         -Wilderness Act of 1964

What do you think. Is the primeval character of the land worth protecting?

Here's a diagram we created a little while ago which illustrates a perhaps less thought of contrast between our modern world and the Wild Spaces we love so much. Angels Landing is one of our favorite hikes, and not a trail to take for granted, but for those of you who haven't hiked Angels Landing yet, perhaps you've been to the top of one of these other structures. 

We've been to the top of three of the four (One World Trade Center the exception), and Angels Landing is our pick for the best. Just a side note. Angels Landing though imposing, is far from the tallest structure in Zion National Park.