That's pretty sad reading. There have always been "pink blazers" but this seems to have progressed way past that.

Thanks for posting the link. You've posted previous years, and I enjoy the various other surveys (linked at the bottom). I think it's interesting to see what shoes, tents, food, etc that the current crop of hikers are using.

Definitely there are issues but I also believe that social media has trained us to crave acknowledgement for our achievements and we are no longer humble. We expect others to treat us with deference based on our accomplishments, not on who we are and how we behave. We’ve lost the art of humility.

We perceive ill intentions everywhere, misinterpreting friendly helpfulness for “mansplaining”, and we over-inflate our attractiveness by labeling friendly older men as “creepy old men”. (That one drives me bonkers. Ageism is as bad as sexism!)

So I read these surveys with a grain of salt. Be humble and treat those around you with courtesy and respect and you might view the world in a different light.

That’s all.

AMEN to that. Well said TJ !

Sorry for my rant…social awareness, discrimination, racism, etc. has been on my mind a lot lately. Of course it’s an issue that we need to diligently work on. The stats on the surveys sound accurate which is sad. I don’t mean to downplay those negative experiences.

But I also believe that people are hyper-focused on themselves and how others treat them to the point of finding fault where none exists.

I can only think that the solution lies within all of us by being self-aware and focusing outward, towards those around us.

I chemistry professorsplain. Is that bad?

I think the world is a better place for everyone when we don't think it resolves around us.
The more we invest and share with others, often the happier we will be.

It's not that the attention is unwanted.......

Its that the person giving it is not a person they want it from

Everybody likes attention. .... From the right people

Several thoughts.
While I don't have any knowledge to question the results of this survey, a true scientific survey would have a control group and also be asking the same questions to a population of "General people on the streets". Are these numbers any different than the general population?
Survey's also run the risk of leading people, inherit in what the study is about. If you handed someone a survey with 100 questions, but only 5 are about the topic you are actually focused on, how would the numbers shift as the person doing the survey is wondering "what is this really about?". Sensitivity to a subject also rises due to circumstances and proximity. If someone had just experienced 'mansplaining" and you ask them about it, it will rate high. Ask them a month later and it might not.
I've found myself in lots of situations where I've said something that was taken in a different way than my intentions. Sometimes I heard about that days, weeks or months after the fact. Often leaving me wondering what I should have done differently.
There is also the issue that people are looking for some issue to be in existence and focus on that. We have that in a family situation for the last several years. I mentioned to some other family members that this person "Had their happy plug pulled out about 50 years ago as I don't think they find much happiness".
We have some people around us who have to "take charge" and "Explain" everything, no matter what. They often also have to "Be right". I've had people in my past who know I have knowledge about something, they ask something about it (like they are planning a hiking trip and ask me about their preparations). I freely give information. They then either correct me to what they think (why'd you ask!) or don't do it(more common). Go off and possibly have issues. Yet I can't recall someone then returning and saying "You know, I asked you about that, didn't do what you mentioned and it bit me". (One person did this, barely made half the distance they'd "prepared for". I heard all about their issues, but not once did the person acknowledge that perhaps not training on flat concrete, which I'd pointed out, could have contributed to their issues ) If they don't seem to be listening to me, I eventually just don't have any "thoughts" when asked about it for the N-th time. I rarely try and offer unsolicited thoughts/advice.

Interesting survey with good use of visualization.

I guess from a career perspective I should hike the PCT. 3 top professions and 4 of top 6.

If I just do a section it appears Oregon is the easiest.

I too was surprised at the high percentage who said they saw a mountain lion.

When you hear hooves think horses not zebras.
Evidently a lot of them are going with the zebras.

It's fine if you like long water carries. About 20 miles between sources. I recall coming up to one late in the day. it was a cattle pomd. complete with cattle pissing & shitting in it. The women we were hiking with boiled, filtered & chemically treated it. Taro & I were considering better options & flagged down som off road bikers trying to yogi a water run & check their maps. While compareing map a pick up stops asking if we needed help. We told him what was up, he said throw you packs in & get in back, he live just down the road and has jut filled his cistern. True trail maji! went from desrt toan oasis. green plush lawn & a swimming hole!

I had my first taste of desert hiking in the Grand Canyon. It was in 90s around May 1. I.had a 10 mile dry slog across the Tonto from Havasupai Gardens to Monument Creek. The only water along the route was salty and radioactive. You can boil, filter, and chemical treat all you want and it won't help.

Taro! He had some unique stuff in his food bag.