Solo Hiker with Problems

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Solo Hiker with Problems

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Woman’s Solo Hiking Trip Shockingly Doesn’t Have To Do With Inner Journey Or Anything
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YOSEMITE VILLAGE, CA—Confusing her friends and colleagues as to what could possibly drive her to undertake such an expedition, sources confirmed Friday that aspiring explorer Jillian Greene’s solo hike through Yosemite National Park has evidently nothing to do with soul-searching, an inner journey, or any other form of self-discovery. “Naturally, I assumed she was attempting to deal with a catastrophic event, the loss of a parent, or a devastating breakup or something similar. But no, Jillian is really just using her vacation time to be out in nature, just walking for the sake of walking, I guess?” said Greene’s coworker Demory Jacobs, who noted the baffling 10-day trip requires Greene to carry all her own gear and food, sleep under the stars in all manner of weather, and be completely cut off from technology while in no way helping her come to terms with her true self, make peace with her demons, or ease her transition into a new chapter of her life. “She’s not graduating from anything, trying to reconnect with her inner child, attempting to understand the soul of her distant but nature-loving father, exploring an external wilderness in order to comprehend and inner universe, assuaging her cultural guilt over lands stolen from indigenous peoples, or trying to kick heroin, so we can’t think and any reason she’d want to explore the outdoors. We’re all pretty freaked out.” At press time, Greene’s friends and family expressed regret over not staging an intervention immediately after she revealed her desire to just enjoy the fresh air, silence, and sunsets.

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Frankly, I don't see the solo hiker as having a problem at all. The only problem is with the people who don't understand her.
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Gotta love the Onion! Thanks for the chuckle.
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Good ol articles from The Onion, always good for a laugh :)
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Yes, a great laugh. And also, not that far off from some of the things I’ve heard, especially the hilarious portion in the quote. Last summer a few days before my trip to Brewer Basin, my wife was meeting with someone and she mentioned my trip. The person implored her to prevent the trip because going solo, especially off trail, was nuts, essentially sounding a lot like “coworker Demory Jacobs.”
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Oh! the poor woman.
She obviously needs help.

Maybe a Facebook meme to share, and a hashtag post?
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Thanks for the laugh, Sambieni. Much needed these days
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Sisters in spirit. Hike on, Jillian, hike on. Let the haters seethe...
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Saw this a few days ago, but still read it again here. The Onion does it again.
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