Hey, They put up with me and I'm a section hiker and I have goats. Only once have I had someone put up an "attitude" and that was a bunch of "sorority types" who were probably the same way off the trail. One encounter out of probably close to a hundred. Some of my best friends are thru-hikers.... Carolyn Eddy "Sweet Goat Mama" www.goattracksmagazine.com