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Quote from LIhikers: “Matt , you said " ...whine about it being too cold ...." I've slept outside, on the ground without a tent at 34 below zero F. That was in northern Minnesota in middle of winter, so what's your experience with cold weather camping? ” First of all this is about the clowns on the AT who if you go watch any video on youtube right now, you will be hard pressed to find anyone who got further than a week on the trail without them going indoors to a hostel/hotel and also weren't sl…

This isn't about me and what I have or have not done, how about stop changing the subject and trying to derail the topic. Why do all of you have such a major problem with someone showing the trail is slowly getting destroyed because of people and their money which does directly affect me My experience is getting screwed up because peopel aren't hiking and buying their way through. yet you all act like you have no clue why I'm commenting on the way others go through this...you kidding me. Lets ta…

Quote from hikerboy: “Do yourself a favor and go hike a bit. ” Do yourself a favor and quit defending the destruction of the trail.

Why do all of you keep on trying to push the whole when you hike the AT yourself then talk agenda? Why are you all acting like people with money haven't already and are continually wrecking the trail? Why are you all acting like 30+ years of people roughing it on the trail and embracing the suck never happened? Why do all of you try to bully people into silence, and guilt shame them into not talking about the current state of the trail because of people with money, by attempting to do exactly wh…

Quote from Da Wolf: “in my opinion, a thru-hike is starting at one terminus with a backpack and walking to the other terminus with a backpack. no slacking or flipflopping, no goin' home for 3 months then continue later on. i'm following a few YouTubers and they're still in Georgia after 2 weeks. lotta slackin' and shuttlin' and hostelin'. that's not "embracing the suck". todays hikers don't suffer much ” The term Thru-Hike to me is straight up idiotic because the word Thru in that phrase, has th…

Quote from hikerboy: “You're very angry, for no reason. ” Angry for no reason? Oh right nvm, you're one of those people! You all can say to me what you will, think of me what you will, however all anyone is doing now is just another variant of yellow blazing (Skipping all the real work) real hikers are able to last for more than a week before doing what normally would take place at least 1000 miles in without making some excuse to run off the trail and go inside, slack pack, get rides all over t…

Quote from Astro: “Matt_C, Please do yourself a favor and just go hike the AT. It is a wonderful experience that I believe will help you evolve. Once you do it you will gain valuable experience and develop a much more balanced perspective of things. ” My perspective is just fine. But what people need to get through their head is that If these trust fund babies and people who have mommy and daddy's money keep infiltrating the trail, I won't be able to do my hike the trail has already had 1 forced…

Quote from hikerboy: “I'm anxious to see how well you do next year.If I were you, I'd worry about my own hike instead of worrying about everyone else's. ” Unfortunately for you and others I cannot be bullied into submission to not talk a problem you all created with your money and it's about time someone said this to all of your faces. My hike isn't relevant, what is relevant is how none of you can even last 1 week on the trail without your money, crying about the rain and being cold and running…

Quote from StalkingTortoise: “Quote from Matt_C: “I admit that I have not hiked the AT and don't know a shelter from a hostel. And don't even start about huts. What are those - just another place to obtain respite while cheesing your way along the AT? But I do know that a thru-hike of the AT means that you need to sleep in your tent every night. That's a fact and anyone who disagrees with me has no place being on the trail. If you don't believe me, then you're mistaken. It's obvious that almost …

Quote from LIhikers: “Hey Matt, Could you please tell us where to find these hiking "RULES" that you are referring to ? Thanks for your help in setting us all straight. ” The "RULES" as you so say, aren't rules and I never said they were. But to answer your question of the "base standard" to how the trail gets done, hiking itself says that through the natural course of progression for a little over 30 years (from the 1970's up to and into the early 2000's). All the safety nets people are using n…

It's good to see all the people who condone not doing the trail properly exposing who they are via their replies. Cheaters will always justify cheating, and always make excuses and defend other cheaters. It's obvious that almost all of you replying in this thread are the types of people who would do the following: When given a math text and one of the questions is "Find X" you all would circle the letter X on the test and say here it is. You would all then argue with the teacher because you were…

(TOPIC) In the past year more and more people make announcement videos about they're going to hike the AT, do all this planning and shakedown hikes, and yet when they get out onto the trail, they aren't even a week into it and they're already taking Zero days, constantly slack Packing, getting rides all over the place, and the ever famous, sleeping in hostels and hotels, for almost their entire trip. It's now gotten to the point where every single person is doing this...It's pathetic If you cann…

Quote from max.patch: “POINT 1. The ATC definition of a 2000 miler is someone who has hiked the ENTIRE trail -- passing all the white blazes. Period. They don't give a fat rats azz if someone spends every night in a tent or every night in a hostel. They don't care if you start in Georgia and hike continously to Maine in 5-6 months or if you take a section at a time and do it over 20 years. You can backpack every single day or day hike every single day and never spend a night on the trail. They d…

Quote from hikerboy: “Quote from Matt_C: “Quote from max.patch: “lol 1,298.4 2000 miler ” FYI Despite the AT's mileage is really 2,198.4 minus the approach trail, the 2000 miler is the official name the AT conservancy calls it.What I find funny is people who claim to have all this knowledge don't even know the proper name for what I've been talking about! ” I have no patience for stupidity. It's been entertaining watching you dig yourself into a deeper hole. But you really need to keep proofread…

Quote from hikerboy: “Quote from Matt_C: “Quote from hikerboy: “Get back to us after your hike in 2 years and let us know how that worked out for you. You're either trolling, or you have a great deal to learn about long distance hiking. ” Gotta love the ignorance of the subject matter, once again no one is talking about distance hiking, this is about cheaters claiming yet they didn't do itYou don't get to talk to me about something none of you have done yourselves so don't even come at me with t…

Quote from max.patch: “lol 1,298.4 2000 miler ” FYI Despite the AT's mileage is really 2,198.4 minus the approach trail, the 2000 miler is the official name the AT conservancy calls it. What I find funny is people who claim to have all this knowledge don't even know the proper name for what I've been talking about!

Quote from hikerboy: “Get back to us after your hike in 2 years and let us know how that worked out for you. You're either trolling, or you have a great deal to learn about long distance hiking. ” None of you have hiked the trail either so how dare any of you come at me saying not to talk about something you yourselves haven't done? BTW quit trying to change the subject from cheaters and frauds, to I haven't hiked anything. Funny how when I said come out with me and lets see how long any of you …

I got news for everyone reading this, When it comes to hiking, being at the end doesn't matter, how you got to the end actually does So let's cut the BS already I can say with all certainty, that if the trail was set up exactly how I said to do it above, (with the passes and stuff), forcing you cheating snowflakes to do it the real way, 99% of you wouldn't last 1 month on the trail. I would put money on that. The bottom line here is people on the AT to do the 2000 miler are there to be in the wi…

3 things 1. The original use for the hostels and shelters were for the forest rangers and the like so they could respond to things quicker. 2. Don't try and make this about me. You read the issue and everyone that has any form of common sense knows what I explained is a problem. With all due respect, anyone that doesn't get mad at yellowblazers, really don't have any business involving themselves in this type of conversation. So again, please don't try and make this about me. 3. I realized I nee…

WARNING THIS TOPIC CONTAINS A VERY HARSH TRUTH PEOPLE WILL NOT LIKE OR WILL WANT TO ARGUE AGAINST, WHICH PROVES THE POINT TO THIS POST I'm not here to argue or debate with people, this post outlines a major problem with 2000 milers that more and more people are getting sick and tired of seeing. So this topic isn't from one person it's fom thousands and thosands of people. This is something I've been making videos about recently and I've been polite about it for the most part but this last video …