No, No, No!

Women should hike alone if they want. They are not victims waiting to happen. As this article suggests.

Yes, yes I realize I’m old fashioned to think of women alone in the woods as targets. In some warped and soulless men that is exactly what women are. And yes, I know statistics prove that for the majority of women who hike alone it is perfectly safe.

I do not know what to say, perhaps this is a job for Shakes' Sis.