Most of the time I am quiet…absorbing the beauty of my surroundings and not at all bored. On occasion I mumble to myself. Turns out I’m not in the majority. To test this, I conducted a small poll of other hikers. 78% of them prefer to just enjoy the quiet solitude of solo hiking.  8% like to listen to music. There were only two respondents who talks to themselves, myself included. [See poll results above image]

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