Went for a ride today, and just past the
trail head I stopped to neurotically adjust something on the bike (can't even recall what at this point, must have been really important), and upon looking down noticed the ground strewn with a variety of empty vessels that once contained energy enhancing garbage. You know, slime that tastes like old chocolate or repackaged jelly beans, the sort of sugar packed psychological goodies generally used by folks on $5000 full carbon bikes that walk up all the hills and wear out their brakes on descents. It got me to wondering what kind of ignorance it takes to be able to call yourself a mountain biker, or a trail runner, or hiker, yet still be totally okay with casually tossing your trash on the side of the trail. I mean, sure, shit happens, we all drop things from time to time, but if this was an accident it must have fallen out of the worlds largest bag of pseudo performance enhancing crap ever. How could you not notice?
Of course they did.
They just didn't care.
Who are these people? How can you for even a second think it's okay to litter ANYWHERE, let alone in the middle of the woods, woods that you use for enjoyment every day? Our society has obviously failed us somewhere, and big.
As if Dick Cheney hadn't proven that years ago.
