...and they don't even flinch, just walk away like they didn't just shatter every bone in their hand. I've hit a stud with a bad swing and thought I broke my wrist, and that's with a sledgehammer, not my bare fist. Those TV walls are probably made of foam and hope, or maybe they're just really good at faking the sound of concrete cracking. Either way, my knuckles hurt just watching it. Guess Hollywood figured out we'd rather watch a guy punch through brick than watch him get the crowbar like a normal person.

Jackson.sarah you nailed it with the template worry. It's the same reason I stopped letting people borrow my tools - you give someone a simple setup and they still find a way to bend a flathead screwdriver prying something open. People just do their own thing sometimes no matter how clean you make it.

@gonzalez.anna reel mowers slice the grass like scissors cleaner than gas engines just shredding it.

Does that 50% include the ones who just stop showing up after the first week, or is it counting people who actually try for a couple of months first? Seems like a lot of people bail after they hit the first real roadblock and never look back.

yeah I used to totally think that way honestly... I'd be like "what's six ounces gonna do, you can't even feel it in your pack" but then I had one trip where I got caught in a freak cold snap up in the whites and my bag just wasn't cutting it. I was shivering all night and couldn't sleep, it was miserable. that changed my mind real quick because being warm and dry is worth a little extra weight if it means you're not stuck in a bad situation. plus now I just see it as insurance, you don't need it most trips but when you do you're really glad you have it.