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Dollyboy's avatar

I must go hiking when I am homeless. I like a few lightweight items for comfort but I see these people on the trail, out in the wilderness looking at the clock, trying to cover as much distance as possible. I dawdle, partly because I am unfit but mostly because I want to take it all in. We are lucky where I live in that the wilderness still outweighs the population. It's weird how we live in little concrete boxes and venture out occasionally into nature, like it's a treat. Should be the other way around.

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Rob Lewis's avatar

This is so spot on. And how horrible that this exo skeleton aberration is already being marketed. And of course, its soon to be on battlefields as well, maybe even already. "Outdoor recreation" has devolved into an ego game. I keep thinking we'll grow out of this childishness, but it just keeps getting stupider. Early morning wandering is a good way to get on jump on the silliness.

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