Originally Posted By melford83
Thank you all! I agree that most people on the trail are good people that look after one another. My boyfriend isn't a hiker, but fishes regularly and runs into drunk or homeless people. I suppose that is the source of his fears. I think that he's confusing river wooded areas in the city with actual wilderness. Now I can show him there are plenty of people that agree with me. Thanks


In the backcountry, you're more likely to meet some hippies smoking weed and smiling at the sky instead of angry drunks.


Edited by ETSU Pride (07/15/13 09:53 AM)
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It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.-- Horace Kephart