The day I almost died - Week 10 pt 3 Appalachian Trail Thru Hike

[@jimilyoutdoors]

I wish I could’ve better articulated what I was trying to say. I was drunk ranting. But yeah basically bigotry of marginalized people is baked into our culture and that having experience/ empathy with these people instead of “othering” or “us and them”ing is important bc it makes it real. It’s not a joke/concept/archetype. It could be you, your kids, friends, family. These are real people. Simple. Treat people like human beings and how you would want to be treated

[@jacobwilliams676]

I’m like super good at geo Guessr and at a glance this looks like my backyard in northern Alabama. You’re probably like 600 miles north of me for all I know. These mountains carry more life and beauty than anything I’ve ever seen. Austrias alps are super nice. But the Appalachians seem to be… balanced more than other areas. Every bug and lizard has its resting area and every rock is teeming with moss. Every dead tree a compost pile bursting with fungi. It’s absolutely astonishing and I’ve never realized how thankful I am until now to have been born and raised very near to that kind of nature. It’s how things are supposed to be.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

Yesss! I love that shit too! Some of the rock fungus is so cool

[@rawnarrative]

Sick stache dude. RIP Pancake Mike.

[@adamr149]

Somehow I'd expect most AT hikers to be less close minded? I guess it's a cross section like any other.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

There’s a lot going on here. I might do a video after the trail talking about trail culture and stuff. I would draw a lot back to fear or ignorance or both. When a lot of people see a homeless person, they see a criminal, and it’s treated as criminal in a lot of places

[@adamr149]

@@jimilyoutdoors I hear you, I live in Portland and attitudes towards the homeless run to both extremes

[@LuciferVulgate-zx5tl]

how sick, but rad would it be if for the next series you do like a sick ol' rad office corporate America office vlog.. like a 10 week series were you brush your teeth and commute to work with a cup o' joe. dang dude. tha'd be nar....

[@Willow-j5f]

subscribed for hiking, mustache, braids and rant and beginning of the video. cheers mate happy trails

[@jimilyoutdoors]

Ty!

[@rockclimbinghacks9222]

Those "problematic" people sound really cool, actually. I like uninhibited language.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

@@rockclimbinghacks9222 yeah, really cool to bully people bc they aren’t exactly like you

[@paragozar]

Just a comment from Madison WI to say I liked your video and you standing up against bigotry, that you would not expect to hear people laughing at autistic or anyone different, marginalized, foreign, weird, broke or mentally challenged.

[@ztammiedogs]

Thank you For speaking out about bigotry on the trail. It is a needed perspective.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

It’s not unique to the trail, so I’m not surprised. It’s not extremely rampant, I’m just highlighting my experience. It’s not super uncommon either though. I’ve had maybe half a dozen similar experiences

[@ZachQ-bx8hn]

There is a big difference between staying the night in a homeless camp compared to an AT shelter. Shelters are for hikers and should stay that way for everyone's safety.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

Like I said, fear and ignorance.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

We’re on public land, you want the people who are forced to live in public to go away? Give them homes

[@musicalarchitecture7875]

‘Use these spaces the same way you do’ yeah that means a shelter established to support long distance hikers should be used as such. They aren’t housing.

[@southsidecaddy]

So homeless person equals unsafe? Lol

[@southsidecaddy]

​@@ETAisNOWso where should they go? Lol

[@lukeorlando7914]

"You got your misogyny in my hiking" 🤣🤣

[@Cperez2002]

Unless anyone’s got an ultralight foldable 7,500 sq ft dyneema mansion on their hike, everybody is homeless on the trail

[@Yugemos]

Nah, home is where you make it. Home doesn't have to be a "house" as we see it in America. Nomads homes are wherever they're alive at the time.

[@Cperez2002]

@@Yugemos some strive for more than others. It is what it is

[@jimilyoutdoors]

“It is not the Warrior's responsibility to judge the dreams of others, and he does not waste time criticizing other people's decisions. In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong."

[@zachtutor7998]

Pro tip: Don't drink and hike?

[@drocketw]

Keep hiking on. Hopefully you don’t see them again. Please don’t go without water if you can avoid it.❤

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

You found a Utopia but just had to almost die to get there. Stay Safe Jimily! Hot Weather this week up in New Hampshire

[@ZzZ-qd1zo]

I was obsessed with Patrick McManus's books as a kid. Shorts stories about a kid from a dirty-poor family living out in the boonies. He also wrote for Outdoor Life forever, back when magazines were still a thing.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

That’s awesome! It looked hilarious, def wanna check out some of their stuff. Do you have any recommendations?

[@BryHikes]

lol. subbed.

[@wio2189]

That's because in reality homeless are disproportionally criminal and dangerous. Fact. Not each one, and they have human rights. Also, many of them chose the lifestyle. The ones that don't deserve our empathy (and often mental health care). The ones who just take up resources by being a burden on our system, not so much. Resources are finite and could be spent other places like universal healthcare coverage. It's okay to call out behavior that is detrimental to progress and development. Shaming has an evolutionary purpose. And it's okay to be weary of non hikers as they use up resources that aren't for them. Glasgow did not decide to open a facility for the homeless but a hiker shelter. It's a valuable resource. How many homeless does it take to get it closed down?

[@jimilyoutdoors]

You say they have human rights and simultaneously want to remove any bit of humanity from them. No empathy or mental health care? no water, or a place to sleep? you call them a burden when we all know it doesn’t take much, and what will you be when you’re 80, mfers gonna be lining up to wipe your ass I know. Maybe only you should have to sit in your feces, maybe your caretaker is the same person you’re trying to keep down

[@Yugemos]

@@jimilyoutdoors A person who worked for 60 years being a burden at 80 is a lot different than a homeless criminal.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Yugemosyeah? What’s the difference? Everyone has the same basic needs. You’re just assuming this theoretical person is a criminal, as if that means you should treat them like less of a human. Just the word “criminal” is so inflammatory I’m not about to have this talk, unless you actually have experience with the oppression of the system, I’m not gonna listen to you tell me about who is worthy of helping

[@wio2189]

​@@jimilyoutdoors My comment was way more nuanced than what you argue against. Let me tell you how I experienced the Glasgow shelter when I did the AT years ago. There was an alcoholic bum "hiker" who was getting into arguments, seeking conflict, yelling and making people feel unsafe. It was impossible to hold any conversation as he would loudly inject himself, trying to one-up any story being told (with other stories he had heard about hiking). This inconsiderate asshole took so much rest and quiet from us actual hikers who needed it. We had to be on guard about our belongings constantly. He continued to turn up at trail head shelters and was a constant nuisance. At least he did not stab someone. I am sure Sovereign had some very understanding tolerant hikers who were all too passionate about his mental plight and his machete right up until he used it to take a life. Now I have also hiked with a freshly recovering opiate addict. I admired him doing this hard thing while hiking the AT and tried to help him while I was with him. I hope he made it. So I don't "want to remove" anything from them. They themselves remove their humanity quite successfully (sadly). The ones who do so involuntarily should be treated, as I pointed out as well and you ignored. Whoever ends up wiping my ass will be someone providing a valuable service to society. It's quite insane and twisted of you to compare them to the voluntary homeless who waste other peoples resources. No one is beyond redemption and I hope such people can actually become productive and functioning members of society. We should help the ones trying to do so in fact, within narrow parameters. What you are doing however is enabling their demise, looking the other way. Blatantly glossing over the self determination of the people of Glasgow about what happens with their resources. This makes me wonder how many resources you yourself have provided to others... It surely does make one feel like a good person though. But upon closer reflection it is moral weakness to fail to protect what is good. The AT has seen various resources vanish already due to the burden of such people and your ilk looking the other way out of cowardice and moral confusion. I hope you reflect on this and wish you well.

[@jimilyoutdoors]

@@wio2189I’m not gonna break down every point you’re trying to make when they’re filled with presuppositions and bad faith, personal anecdotes. You just hate poor people