There are a few giveaways that it's AI, including the sign above the arch.

It was more like a choose-your-own-adventure thing than a defined trail. Lots of fun - hope you get the chance to check it out! This seems like a perfect time of year to do it: excellent weather, and better yet, fewer people.

Fiery Furnace! A few years ago we got one of the permits to day hike through there. We felt like mice in a very toasty maze.

The people rescued this week weren't climbers - they were hikers, trekking to basecamp & villages on the Chinese side. Almost no one summits in the fall. But lots of hikers because it's a long holiday week in China, so crowds+lousy weather=bad.

But! Yes, overtourism sucks & humans are awful.

Planning to use "Panicky Fascism Pingpong Balls" as the name of my new improv troupe

Pretty sure that's a @corwinprescott.com shot.

I'm so sorry. We said goodbye to our Kepler two years ago under similar circumstances. I still tear up thinking about the little fuzzy guy.

It's really hard to lose a friend. Sending good thoughts your way.

Yes! Love the idea.