>>1023179Hiked Mt Baldy with my uncle and cousin who were in town for the weekend. My dad had organized a hiking trip for my old scout troop and we tagged along. Cheated and used the Ski lift but it was still a nice hike despite the crowds.
It was sort of sad seeing my old troop, I only knew one of the leaders and, they have new Troop shirts (Ugly Orange instead of superior spruce green). I didn't talk to them much but I was kinda disappointed in them. My uncle, cousin, and I made it to the top relatively quickly and ahead of everyone else. As we were waiting the kids in the troop came up in ones or twos widely spaced apart. The twos were all kids with their dad. You couldn't even tell they were a group unless you looked at their shirts. Even at the top they didn't really socialize with each other much. What the fuck has the troop come to if the kids aren't hiking and hanging out as a group. Like what even is the point of it being a troop hike if they're never even close to each other.
Also I saw a cairn on the way up but people were sitting by it so I couldn't kick it. On the way down it had been kicked by the time I got to it. Its good to see that other people are out kicking cairns.
