I guess it's not really clear - I'm not burned out. Frustrated with the sudden upswing of people who cannot possibly be predictable as problems, yes.

I am quite burnt out with my job. On the verge of walking out without having another in place, in fact - if you think this issue with hikers is even half so stressful as the job has been for me, boy, don't get me started.

The fact that I am seeing this sort of thing everywhere - not just the hiking group, but at work, online, and in the schools my job sends me into - says a lot about the direction we are headed as a society. At which point going somewhere into the mountains and setting up a goat farm sounds like a viable alternative to all of it.