Hikers have "trail names"?

[mangeorge]

@Telemark

It’s certainly the standard for the AT, PCT, and CDT, and the majority for any other long distance trail. Essentially everyone who has completed the AT in the past 10 years has had a trail name. The trail community is built around the idea of a separate world on the AT, and a new name is part of it.

This has worked it’s way into the general hiking community, but strongly influenced by the many online hiking forums. If you’re not active in them you may have not seen it.

Well I, a none hiker, think it’s cute. I also think the funny clothes are cute.
Is there a “radar” thing, like in The Community? Maybe “waydar”, as in waypoint.
I’m way too funny.