I feel like everyone I talk to about my upcoming thru-hike has something negative to say. It's just really discouraging when your family and friends are like "you're doing WHAT?.. yeah, right! You're never going to end up going." and "have you ever even hiked part of the Appalachian trail? Try hiking part of the trail and I think you'll change your mind, real quick."
Have any of the rest of you had to deal with people being really ..pukey.. about you hiking?