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Neurodivergents argue over whether or not it's dangerous to hike in jeans

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There are people arguing that it is absolutely IDIOTIC that someone would hike in jeans when doing so could KILL you.

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My friend, avid backpacker/camper, and I did a 10 mile loop in Mt. Rainier Park in the summer and for some we both thought that there won't be any snow, since it was a heat wave peak at the time :marseybrainlet:.

There was a frickload of snow a mile up from parking despite the heat and blazing sun, due to the elevation. My friend walked the most of those 10 miles in the fricking sandals :marseygrilling2: on that snow. Nothing happened to him at all, even though we had to stop a few times to warm up his feet in the sun. :marseyfeet:

He did consider this situation fun, but it was our tactical frickup. My point is: day hiking in US on the established trails is one of the safest fricking activities and you can wear whatever the frick you want, as long as you're ok with sweating through it. The worst thing you can get is cold. You need to frick up pretty spectacularly for there to be an actual danger to your life.

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