RIP, haha, but not terribly surprising. Would have been rather funny though "Dear god, lads, the fabled Bluth cut was hidden on Amazon the whole time!!!"
Definitely! Great exercise and a chance to immerse yourself in nature and break free from the rat race for a while. When I was younger, my dad would take me and my little brother deep into the Sierras for weeks on end. It's kinda weird to think he's now too old to do hikes that anymore, he always loved them.