Actually, this is completely true, so my statement should be amended to: “assume anyone who knows they’re more attractive than you will never date you.” You still have a shot with attractive women with self-esteem issues, blindness or who are in a coma. 
And now to end four pages of snarking. Deanc2000 this Meetup thing is just the internet; when you get b& you don’t hang your head and slink off to the hedges, you re-up with a new name! It’s not as if they are going to check your driver’s licence before you go for a walk in the woods. Do you think Romeo went off and married a cheese maid the first time someone told him to piss off? No! And neither should you. Love is special, there is one person out of 3.5 billion out there for you, and it could be this female.
Now you know you’ll need to play it cool if you want to make with the girl. And just think, you already have something in common with her. Once you get her alone in the woods just say: “[Female], I am so relieved to find that everyone in this group is normal, you never know what sort of perverts you are getting involved with when you meet someone from the internet”. She will nod her head in ascent, and this is your opportunity to give her a kind and thoughtful gift. Perhaps a can of mace: for the scaring away of perverts. And she will swoon because she now sees you as her protector. You will be her white knight protecting her from the person wrongly accused of internet perversion: yourself! Whenever her interest seems to wain, all you have to do is arrange for another email from yourself.
Don’t think of this as living a life of lies. A few years from now, when the children are just starting school, you can tell her the exact depth of your love. All of your friends will be so jealous, you will have the best “meet-cute” story of anyone!
No, I don’t believe he’s joking. Look at some of his other posts. Draw your own conclusions.
… cheese maid?
Consider too, that this is a hiking group, meaning y’all would be outdoors.
And what happens to women outdoors (hikers, walkers, runners)?
Not saying this would have been your intent, but both the lady in question and the organizer were right to be concerned about your request.
Much better to have met her spontaneously on the hike and see if there were any chemistry between you.
You took a lot for granted there, and as you said, you learned from this, so let it go and “sin no more”. 
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RNATB: You know, the bitch who gets you your stinky cheese, bro!
Um…I think I’m missing something…
Improved cardiovascular function?
Sure are.
Both of you.
Come on… you can do this!!!
THINK!
Oh, I get it. Eaten by bears.
My first guess is sweatiness leading to visible nipples. My second guess is rape and mugging.
Can’t have one without the other.
Concurrence occurs.
Nm. I’ve hit my rape joke quota for the [del]day[/del] year.
There’s no need for either one of you to be assholes. I meant that in some instances, yes, women are attacked. Maybe not in this one, but it does happen and the lady was right to be concerned.
I didn’t think I was coming off assholish, but my apologies. I do think the OP was creepy but is getting raped really that big of a concern when you’re in a hiking group? Also, is it really that big of a concern for most women? Generally stranger rape is quite rare compared with rape by acquaintances.
Leon, if the above is really what you’d do in such a situation, then I want you to know that there’s a reason people are giving you strange, concerned looks all the time. And if you didn’t know they were doing that, I want to take this chance to inform you: People are giving you strange, concerned looks all the time. You are creeping people out.
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Yes, but those instances are comparatively rarer outdoors - only 3.6% of rapes occur outside buildings or vehicles.
Conversely, 82% of bear attacks and 97% of dog-shit-on-shoe incidents occur outdoors.
Where do the indoor bear attacks occur?
Need answer fast. I hafta pee and the bathroom has dark corners.