7/2
(zero day. Green Mountain House Hostel)
The Tour de France starts today!!! super bummed I’m going to miss watching this year. Let’s go Andy Schleck.
I’m taking my zero at the best possible hostel. this place is amazing. its huge, its clean and its got everything. the owner is a hiker and he’s been around to see a lot. He knows what we need and want, and he does his best to give it to us. You can use the kitchen, eat the food in the house, he has a pint of ben and jerry’s ice cream for you, you can use the computer, wifi, he has a piano, a guitar, a nice tv, lots of dvds, a phone, you can do laundry, there is an awesome hiker box, there are things to use in the bathroom such as nail clippers and Q-tips. And he only charges $20. awesome! thanks Green Mountain House.
Ok so I didn’t want to have to do this, be negative or hate on people. And actually I’m not hating, because these people are actually pretty cool and nice and good people; I think they’re just young and lack a certain perspective right now, but here goes: so these two people, boyfriend and girlfriend of a long time, in their early 20’s have this ‘better than thou’ attitude, mainly because they are thru-hikers and have a little experience doing other hikes. The first time I noticed it was when the dude was judging other peoples packs and how they packed them. He was making mountains out of mole hills, acting like he knew so much. Another time was when he looked at what food I bought to resupply. I got this awesome dried fruit medley for my trail mix. He asked how much was it and I said 2 bags for $4. He was all high and mighty, ‘oh you spent way too much. puh, section hikers.’ (looking down on a section hiker) meanwhile this douche bag is spending $55 on a horrible hostel and he’s acting cool over 50 cents. ok so that was yesterday, then today on our way out of town this morning I came across them at the supermarket. we were hanging out in front by some seats and a picnic table. I was waiting for a ride to this new hostel and they were doing some resupplying before heading out. so I was sitting between them and two thru-hikers that both of us have never meant before. Now usually there is a lot of love between hikers, lots of talking, greetings, etc. Well these two new people obviously saw us, but choose not to talk to us. They left after like 10 minutes and when they left the doucher asked me ‘do you think they were thru-hikers’ I said ‘they certainly smell like ‘em’ (they definitely were) And doucher’s response was ‘(all sad) they didn't even say hi to ME’ and he emphasized ME. like he understood why they wouldn’t talk to me because I’m just a section hiker, but those people definitely should have said hi to him... Ok so one more thing (last thing). They knew I was uncertain about whether or not I was going zero today. So a little after those people left, we began to talk and I told them I was zeroing and waiting for a ride. I forget her exact response because I try not to focus on the negative (and the only reason I’m writing this post is because I’m at a hostel on a computer with nothing else to do, otherwise I wouldn't waste time or energy of immaturity) but anyway it was something to the effect of your are a weak individual to zero after a nero. I almost went off. I felt my blood boiling, but I calmed down and again, I didn’t want to waste energy on immaturity. Because it really is just immaturity, they are not malicious, because these are good people. They are just young and haven’t realized that different people have different goals and it makes no sense to impose your way of life onto someone else. You run into a lot of people out here that are doing a thru-hike with the mentality that they have something to prove and usually leads to being competitive and judging others.
(zero day. Green Mountain House Hostel)
The Tour de France starts today!!! super bummed I’m going to miss watching this year. Let’s go Andy Schleck.
I’m taking my zero at the best possible hostel. this place is amazing. its huge, its clean and its got everything. the owner is a hiker and he’s been around to see a lot. He knows what we need and want, and he does his best to give it to us. You can use the kitchen, eat the food in the house, he has a pint of ben and jerry’s ice cream for you, you can use the computer, wifi, he has a piano, a guitar, a nice tv, lots of dvds, a phone, you can do laundry, there is an awesome hiker box, there are things to use in the bathroom such as nail clippers and Q-tips. And he only charges $20. awesome! thanks Green Mountain House.
Ok so I didn’t want to have to do this, be negative or hate on people. And actually I’m not hating, because these people are actually pretty cool and nice and good people; I think they’re just young and lack a certain perspective right now, but here goes: so these two people, boyfriend and girlfriend of a long time, in their early 20’s have this ‘better than thou’ attitude, mainly because they are thru-hikers and have a little experience doing other hikes. The first time I noticed it was when the dude was judging other peoples packs and how they packed them. He was making mountains out of mole hills, acting like he knew so much. Another time was when he looked at what food I bought to resupply. I got this awesome dried fruit medley for my trail mix. He asked how much was it and I said 2 bags for $4. He was all high and mighty, ‘oh you spent way too much. puh, section hikers.’ (looking down on a section hiker) meanwhile this douche bag is spending $55 on a horrible hostel and he’s acting cool over 50 cents. ok so that was yesterday, then today on our way out of town this morning I came across them at the supermarket. we were hanging out in front by some seats and a picnic table. I was waiting for a ride to this new hostel and they were doing some resupplying before heading out. so I was sitting between them and two thru-hikers that both of us have never meant before. Now usually there is a lot of love between hikers, lots of talking, greetings, etc. Well these two new people obviously saw us, but choose not to talk to us. They left after like 10 minutes and when they left the doucher asked me ‘do you think they were thru-hikers’ I said ‘they certainly smell like ‘em’ (they definitely were) And doucher’s response was ‘(all sad) they didn't even say hi to ME’ and he emphasized ME. like he understood why they wouldn’t talk to me because I’m just a section hiker, but those people definitely should have said hi to him... Ok so one more thing (last thing). They knew I was uncertain about whether or not I was going zero today. So a little after those people left, we began to talk and I told them I was zeroing and waiting for a ride. I forget her exact response because I try not to focus on the negative (and the only reason I’m writing this post is because I’m at a hostel on a computer with nothing else to do, otherwise I wouldn't waste time or energy of immaturity) but anyway it was something to the effect of your are a weak individual to zero after a nero. I almost went off. I felt my blood boiling, but I calmed down and again, I didn’t want to waste energy on immaturity. Because it really is just immaturity, they are not malicious, because these are good people. They are just young and haven’t realized that different people have different goals and it makes no sense to impose your way of life onto someone else. You run into a lot of people out here that are doing a thru-hike with the mentality that they have something to prove and usually leads to being competitive and judging others.
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