I attempted a thru hike in 2005. The thing about hiking is, doing it is a lot more difficult than talking about it. Something like 60% of thru hikers give up i

I attempted a thru hike in 2005. The thing about hiking is, doing it is a lot more difficult than talking about it. Something like 60% of thru hikers give up in the first 20 miles of their 2100 mile hike. That being said, of course there are people like in this article, but they're only at the shelters that are close to town. Walk a bit away from the town, and you're golden. Walking 15 miles into the woods to "party" is a huge ask. Shitty people are lazy. The real story behind all of this is how young / homeless / disenfranchised people are turning to the trail as an outlet / support group. That is more interesting to me, and worthy of a story, rather than judgement as doom of the trail.