>>2550869I would categorise trail runners into two groups:
a. the strava/social media whores that post everything online, socialise like hell but strictly with other trail runners "on their level or above", spent a ton of money on gear which strongly contradicts the frugal, simple nature of running. Here belong all the cityfags and suburbanites that definately have great grasp of the natural world, thanks to the attunement between themselves, the mountain and their 700 euro Garmin. In this group fall the very few (in my country, Greece) women, who, receiving so much admiration and simping, are downright inapproachable, arrogant bitches,
b. the mystics that get hard on random snake oil apocryphal knowledge. Those are usually villagers and/or some kind of social hermits. One must avoid chatting with this group because they'll trap you in a three hour nonsense rant.
All in all, mostly cringe.
