Hiking

I went hiking today. It only convinced me that humans are the dumbeset species on the planet. Maybe I'm missing something, but hiking seems to be a mix of exercise and the desire to see the view from the top of the hill.

My favorite moment came on the way down, a dog was being dragged along on a leash and it finally decided it had enough. The owner was demanding that "Peanut" continue up the hill, but the look in his eye was more of despise toward its crazy master. I always like to think of the world from the perspective of an alien anthropologist watching from a distance. They would surely think a stream of people climbing up and down a hill for no obvious benefit makes no sense at all. We are crazy, crazy animals.