>>2308202This was the absolute hardest thing to drive into people minds when I ran a hiking MeetUp group. It’s probably the second biggest issue behind last minute flakes. It’s worse than people not being physically fit or otherwise ill prepared.
>reach a decent campsite>sun is going down, maybe 1 hour of sunlight left”if we keep hiking we’ll have fewer miles tomorrow” says the retard
>tell him there are no campsites we could reach until well after dark>I’ve been here as recently as last month“I’m sure we’ll find something. Let’s put it to vote” he says, not realizing that democracy is a complete sham.
>outvoted 6 to 2>3.5 more hours of hiking, a solid 2 by headlamp>impenetrable jungle on either side of us>end up camping at the next trailhead, on the side of the road>everybody’s pissed 