Yep. Hiked a lot growing up and in my 20s. NW US into Montana.

Switzerland humbled me and my husband. Our Intro/warmup hike ended up being our only hike. Not only were we beat to hell by the trail that took much longer than we were told, our equipment gave out. His shoe broke. My walking stick ate shit. Our backpacks both ripped. All my research was fuck all. I'll join a tour next time with older people instead of trying to figure it out solo. Shits wild. And the $$$ is no fucking joke.

Humbled. And after driving through the country no wonder they are "neutral". Ain't nobody gonna attack that shit.