I'm so fucking lonely and lack a lot of hiking knowledge to go explore into the woods by myself. Would it be a good idea to look for hiking groups online and set up meet ups so I can meet hiking partners in the hopes that I'll gain enough knowledge through them to be able to venture into the woods by myself? I don't know what else to do, winter is almost here and I haven't hiked at all, my plan was to get used to hiking this summer and start taking mountaineering courses in the winter, and tackle a couple peaks before next summer, but at this rate I'm stuck. How safe would it be to do it? Will I just get raped and murdered by some stranger in the woods?