The former Kennebec Ferry operator was quoted by ALDHA to say:
many youngerhikers will carry expensive gear anduse their cellphones to check on un-employment and food stamp benefitsas they hitch a ride to a store that ac-cepts EBT cards, all while askingwhere they can buy beer and ciga-rettes.
If it were even one thru hiker, that would be reprehensible, but to hear that many are doing this is shocking.
Can any recent thru hikers confirm that many of the younger hikers are doing what the former ferry opperator was quoted as saying they are with regard to EBT cards?