This didn't happen anywhere near the AT, but I feel the need to vent:
As I'm getting ready to leave for a week long at section, I called my mom to check in with her, and she tells me that my little brother's truck was broken into. It was parked in church parking lot, he was there spending the night before a weekend backpacking trip near uwharrie. His radio and backpack were stolen and his window broken!!!! All his gear: GONE!!!. I'm sooo pissed off!!!