SCHOTTY BOY, as he is known online, is a hiking evangelist(狂热倡导者). He posts dispatches(发送的消息/报道) from the Scottish Highlands—moody, misty pictures of streams, glens, lochs and hills—to his more than 100,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok. In these posts, he is usually toting(携带（尤指重物）) sensible walking gear such as a backpack, flask and an anorak. Sometimes, and inexplicably(莫名其妙地), he is topless.
SCHOTTY BOY，他在网上的名字，是一位徒步布道者。他从苏格兰高地发布动态——阴郁、雾蒙蒙的溪流、峡谷、湖泊和山丘的照片——给他在Instagram和TikTok上超过10万的粉丝。在这些帖子中，他通常携带合理的步行装备，如背包、水壶和一件防风夹克。有时，莫名其妙地，他会光着上身。
He is one of many young people discovering the pleasures of the great outdoors. (As one TikTok video puts it: “Texting is cool, but hiking together is cooler.”) Millions of posts extol(赞美，颂扬) the virtues of this cheap, accessible(易获得的，易使用的) form of exercise. Some influencers recommend scenic routes, way stops and refuges. Apps such as AllTrails make it easy to find footpaths. This is especially helpful for a generation more accustomed to(习惯于) reading from a phone screen than a map.
他是众多发现户外乐趣的年轻人之一。（正如一个TikTok视频所说：“发短信很酷，但一起徒步更酷。”）数百万帖子赞美这种廉价、易行的锻炼方式。一些网红推荐风景路线、中途停靠点和庇护所。像AllTrails这样的应用程序让寻找小径变得容易。这对一代更习惯于看手机屏幕而非地图的人来说尤其有帮助。
The problem is that fans follow in influencers’ footsteps without fully understanding what an excursion in the wilderness might entail(需要，使必要). (Topless treks, for instance, are inadvisable, especially in cold, wet conditions.) Excitable explorers can walk into trouble. In the Scottish Highlands, the number of mountaineering incidents involving 17- to 25-year-olds has nearly quadrupled(翻了两番，变成四倍) since 2022. In 2018 just 15% of people rescued in the Highlands were 17- to 25-year-olds. Last year 25% were. It was not always like this: in the early 2010s, it was middle-aged hikers who required the most assistance.(情况并非一直如此：在21世纪初，最需要帮助的是中年徒步者。)
问题在于，粉丝们追随网红的脚步，却没有完全理解野外远足需要什么。（例如，光着上身徒步是不可取的，尤其是在寒冷潮湿的条件下。）兴奋的探险者可能会陷入麻烦。在苏格兰高地，涉及17至25岁年轻人的登山事故数量自2022年以来几乎翻了两番。2018年，高地获救人员中只有15%是17至25岁的年轻人。去年这一比例是25%。情况并非一直如此：在21世纪初，最需要帮助的是中年徒步者。