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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down9·1 year agoSpeed running the Appalachian trail seems like missing the point to me. You’re supposed to be taking in the history and the environment as you hike.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoSome people like the challenge. Not her first time on the trail, either.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoDid that with her husband in 2019, much more normal time of over 5 months.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoShe did do a 5 month walk on it a few years earlier. So it’s not like she disagrees with you, she just also wanted to get that record.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·1 year agoThis is like when people tell others that they eat food “wrong”. It’s what she likes, not what you like.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMashed potatoes are not a suppository and I refuse to compromise on that.
minus-squareUltragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow about going to a water park and riding a jet ski on the lazy river?
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat sounds pretty awesome.
Speed running the Appalachian trail seems like missing the point to me. You’re supposed to be taking in the history and the environment as you hike.
Some people like the challenge. Not her first time on the trail, either.
Did that with her husband in 2019, much more normal time of over 5 months.
She did do a 5 month walk on it a few years earlier. So it’s not like she disagrees with you, she just also wanted to get that record.
This is like when people tell others that they eat food “wrong”. It’s what she likes, not what you like.
Mashed potatoes are not a suppository and I refuse to compromise on that.
How about going to a water park and riding a jet ski on the lazy river?
That sounds pretty awesome.
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