I certainly didn't look to offend, much of what I said was tounge in cheek, but at the same time I never realized that one needed to be armed with a semi automatic weapon to go hiking.
Yes, I have done quite a lot of hiking, come to think of it enough to last me for the rest of my life.
matter of fact, all of this was courtesy of Uncle Sam, Hey, come to think of it, I should recant what I said, I was carrying a semi automatic weapon at the time