# Are you hiking the Appalachian Trail? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 5, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531 "2019-05-05T23:59:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/81 "2019-05-08T13:22:48Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > For the record, if I’m ever attacked unfairly please do not defend me. I can handle it myself. See, this is why I wish we had a Like button. Making a post like this feels like too much work but you deserve a shoutout for that. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/82 "2019-05-08T13:49:37Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Yet a woman can carry a purse the size of a small acar and no one calls her out for it. Maybe step back and ask yourself, “Why did I have to make this about gender?” People carry backpacks. People carry shoulder bags. People who carry large bags without regard to their surroundings are shitbags. See, no need to bring gender into it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/83 "2019-05-10T23:01:38Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > That’s a secret! Don’t be telling everyone that trick! 😉 > > Also, I’m not familiar with “hotelling” What does that mean? You don’t have/can get a cable lock for your laptop? If you leave your laptop at work and it gets stolen, then you are responsible for it? Lots of companies are doing this, especially consulting companies where employees are frequently located at client sites or other offsite spots. They lease space in a building, with x number of desks / cubicles / offices, and when you need to work there, you go there that day and check in using a computerized system or whatever. This lets them reduce wasted space. It’s a good concept but never well implemented: at my company, you can’t get an assigned space in the building even if you are officially assigned to work there every day. You can’t expect to be able to use the same spot 2 days in a row, so you can’t leave anything. If you’re on a team, there’s no guarantee you’ll be seated anywhere near your teammates. And there is usually no secure storage. So, yeah, you have to lug everything every day. At one point, about 15+ years back, you could put in a request for a “hotelling locker” where you could leave things for extended periods of time. They discouraged people from leaving laptops in those, however. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/84 "2019-05-11T02:25:19Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > at my company, you can’t get an assigned space in the building even if you are officially assigned to work there every day. That’s just ridiculous to me. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/85 "2019-05-11T02:28:46Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > That’s just ridiculous to me. You have to keep your eye on what’s truly important… …freeing up money for the CEO’s bonuses. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/86 "2019-05-11T05:21:32Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > Also, please take it off when you board the plane. Unless it has your parachute in it, of course, in which case tell me and I will get off the plane. My brother always took his chute on the plane. You think any jumper is going to trust it to the baggage handlers? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/87 "2019-05-11T05:26:29Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Well not commenting on the go fund me aspect, but to many it is a calling, and a pilgrimage and is a live changing experience. The AT is a great teacher. So yes I can see it is ‘his dream’, and support for one’s journey can really help. On mine people offered to send me care packages, which was wonderful to receive. My wife and her friend hiked a big chunk of it nearly 50 years ago. My understanding is that today it is nearly as crowded as a subway. Though I think there is still room to wear your backpack. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/88 "2019-05-13T20:30:49Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > My wife and her friend hiked a big chunk of it nearly 50 years ago. My understanding is that today it is nearly as crowded as a subway. Though I think there is still room to wear your backpack. But the real question is: Is there wi-fi so you can use your laptop? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531/89 "2019-05-14T00:05:46Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > But the real question is: > Is there wi-fi so you can use your laptop? 😃 Probably. But there are also [crazies with knives out there](https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/us/appalachian-trail-machete-attack/index.html). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/833531.md?page=4)