He joined me on the top of a thousand foot cliff to watch the sun sink softly one night. Doubt without guilt. A guilt-relieving approach to evangelism doesn't cut it. These Xers don't feel like sinners, even though they suspect the church thinks they are. Instead of guilt, doubt is the issue, instead of forgiveness, faith.
Beer is boss.
Off-label beer especially. I saw only one instance of drunkenness, but off-label beer was everywhere. Not only would they walk five miles into town for a beer, but these hikers would add a half dozen bottles to their 40 pound packs, hauling them ten miles to a campsite just to share with others. Boomers figure a job is what you do to earn money to live - a means not the end. They believe they're OK eternally.