I only done a couple of group trips. 1 time we all got a group picts and left our sperate ways.The 2nd group trip,we all sat in a giftshop/resturant/cavern tour and munched on burgers-fries and sucked down gatorade and offending all the people,who got too close to us. We were on a three day 26 miler and no streams to wash off in the end of May so you could imagine all four us of stinking up the place. When I go solo,either a day hike or an overniter or two,I get the biggest chocolate chip blizzard or Ice cream cone at the nearest ice cream place and just slowly enjoy the flavor(Yea Right )and then suck down the coldest drink I can find.