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Long distance hikers sometimes refer to themselves as hiker trash. It is a badge of honor in the hiking community, so no offense is meant or taken. Below is some fun hiker "trash talk." You might be hiker trash IF...
  1. your wallet is a Ziploc baggie
  2. you can "feel" a storm coming
  3. you can be alone and still be happy
  4. your spoon is your fork
  5. most of your friends don't know your "real" name
  6. you mail things to yourself
  7. your REI dividend is your retirement fund
  8. you can survive for days on nothing but Ramen and gorp
  9. you can't walk straight without your pack
  10. you choose restaurants in town based on free WiFi and electrical outlets
  11. you’ve had to lie down for a few hours after eating a meal in town
  12. you wear $20 socks but wash them in the Dunkin Donuts bathroom
  13. you eat enough sour candy to talk about them like they’re drugs
  14. a pint of Ben & Jerry’s is a normal serving of ice cream
  15. you break your titanium spoon on Nutella in cold weather
  16. you try to fry a Honey Bun in butter to add calories
  17. you’ve been mistaken for a homeless person by an actual homeless person and you’re too embarrassed to tell them that you’re only on vacation
  18. you’ve been given money because some thought you were homeless
  19. you completely forget what an ‘inside voice’ sounds like
  20. you have run stark raving mad through the woods because the stalker bee that has been flying around your head for hours finally "got to you"
  21. you’ve spent a cold or rainy night in the restroom of a state park
  22. you’ve repackaged the food you just bought into Ziploc baggies in front of the store
  23. you’ve searched restaurants for "free" packets of condiments in trail towns
  24. you have duct tape somewhere on your body
  25. you’ve suspended the 5 second rule when food dropped on the ground.
  26. you find an M&M in the dirt and eat it
  27. you consider Snickers bars a food group
  28. you consider it perfectly normal to go weeks without bathing
  29. you’ve diced Spam or Vienna Sausages into your Kraft Mac & Cheese
  30. you’ve begged food from strangers in state parks
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