harriman hikers

This pair of shoes companied me in all physical education classes in university, on all gym-going days, and during all hikes including the Shei-Pa (大霸尖山) hike which took me two days.

Being craving for Nature, I googled keywords "New Jersey" and "Hiking" and found a group claimed that they have been hiking every Sunday for over 30 years.
Yesterday, I drove up toward the Ramapo College where the Harrisman Hikers gathered before car pooling to the hiking area. For 6 dollars, it was an awesome experience.

Out of the 19 hikers, 3 were first timers in the group. I was one of them. Out of the 3 first timers, I was the only one who wore sneakers. To be specific, they were tennis shoes. I loved them no matter how often the other hikers tried to tell me that I should've used hiking boots and even hiking socks. Even though I was not the only person in jeans, I was the only person in jeans who got most comments on should've-not-worn-jeans. I didn't have a brand-name professional sweater or jackets or raincoat or hat or gloves. I didn't carry a backpack heavier than one kg. I just shrugged and pretended that I was stupid.
I was not stupid, just not as prepared as anybody else. I just didn't think about getting all activity-specific gadgets before participating in an activity. It is called normal.

Normal as I was, I took a good number of pictures to record the hike. Click the picture below and you'll know what's up with the rusty head.

Harriman Hikers