What kind of people thru-hike?

[Johnny Appleseed]

hiker trash-stinky at that.

[cindellasaurus]

bluehike
newhike
twohike

eyehike
youhike
thruhike

gimmi all your candy

I have nothing good to say as to who hikes..but this made me chuckle. Especially the very last line.

[yappy]

at least for me, I was not messy...lol... in fact, got tiddier as I went. I didn't want to waste time and frustration looking for something or just lose it.. Sadly, wolf has a point... carefree can be hard to find out there but it IS there once in awhile.

[1234]

I was at Gooch shelter a few years back and a big crowd was there and folks were being sort of shy cus most all were new to the trail. Well these 2 young guys start talking and it turns out they both had just gotten there pHD is physics, quantum theory the rest of the evening.
Who hikes the trail, intelligent people.

[superman]

I was at Gooch shelter a few years back and a big crowd was there and folks were being sort of shy cus most all were new to the trail. Well these 2 young guys start talking and it turns out they both had just gotten there pHD is physics, quantum theory the rest of the evening.
Who hikes the trail, intelligent people.

I am not!

[Jester2000]

I am not!

Neither am I. 2000 must have been the year of the idiot.

[superman]

Neither am I. 2000 must have been the year of the idiot.

I'd say that we were the "retarded class" but that wouldn't be politically correct and you know how much I care about that.
It's one thing for people to undertake a challenge that less than 20% succeed at but what kind of a fool does it take to do it more than once? I'm starting again March 31.

[Lone Wolf]

It's one thing for people to undertake a challenge that less than 20% succeed at but what kind of a fool does it take to do it more than once?

someone with a lot of time and money and not much going on in their life. doing the AT is not dangerous or very tough.

[Marta]

But it does require a great deal of stick-to-it-iveness.

[johnnybgood]

But it does require a great deal of stick-to-it-iveness.

So that's how you spell it. Nice going Marta !

[Lemni Skate]

I have a book somewhere that has a ton of stats garnered from thru-hikers about all sorts of things.

The one thing that stood out to me when I read it was that while the general population are extroverts (draw their energy from being around others) by about a 3:1 ratio. The ratio is reversed on the trail at 1:3.

I think a lot of people I've met on the trail don't seem like introverts in a trail situation because they do get enough solitude and when you thrust a bunch of introverts together some will end up taking on extrovert roles.

I also remember noticing that filtering and treating water had no effect on the incidence of intestinal problems, and that the type of footwear had no effect on the number of foot, ankle and leg injuries.

I've got to find that book and recommend it on here, to people who like numbers like I do.

[wvgrinder]

Fools who don't have the sense to get out of the rain ;-)

[Old Hiker]

really slow learners?

Wouldn't that be the multiple thru-hikers?

I only hope and pray I can reach that exalted status in this or the next or the next lifetime.

[climber2377]

it might make an interesting study, not sure i d read the whole thing though

[Hatfield]

Unemployed

[weary]

The only stereotype I can think of is white people. The vast majority of people on the AT are white.

Most I saw were well tanned by the time we got though the Smokies. It doesn't take long, especially before the green tunnel leafs out.

[JustaTouron]

The only stereotype I can think of is white people. The vast majority of people on the AT are white.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/08/14/128-camping/