I'm going to have to take a break from my scheduled blogging about life, passion, and good things to tell you about this nonsense going on in my little corner of the gorge.
So, yesterday these people show up claiming to be AT thru hikers. It's a young couple from the PacNW. The first red flag was the electric cello the boy was carrying. Along with it an amp, powered by a lawn mower battery, probably weighing around 10lbs. They loitered around the center for a while, playing music (it was decent, albeit) and collecting a few damp tips.
He told my boss Katie that he was carrying the cello on the trail and only thought it was a bad idea for the first 2 days. So, we'll say he's been on the trail for 10-12 days and covered around 141 miles to get from the Southern Terminus at Springer Mountain to NOC. The trail is 2,180 miles long. He has 2,040 miles to go and he plans on a carrying this case with his electric cello along with his huge pack the whole way?
I'm calling BS. There's no way. People were ignorantly flocking to these gypsies. They wanted to give them money, pay for their room in the hostel, text message their friends, put video of him on facebook.
Furthermore, they're carrying a purse, a very heavy HP laptop, big construction type boots...things no one hikes with on Sunday afternoon, let alone a 5 month long outdoor journey.
As if all of this weren't enough...they were clad head to toe in cotton. Cotton kills. Thru hikers don't wear cotton. No one does really.
