Yeah, that's not so much what people will hear. I've learned the hard way that suggestions are usually taken as gospel. I can "suggest" all I like. They'll hear something else.

We give a lot of advice on the forum. Nothing is really anonymous and one of these times, it may come back to bite someone.

People are super terrific at ignoring things that don't validate their plan. That's all I'm really getting at - there is this growing trend of non hikers, non backpackers and non athletes imagining that it will be cool and having the judgment of a two year old where backpacking is concerned. It's showing up in nearly every forum, and all over the place in the hiking groups I belong to.