Picking companions for Backpacking

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Not a viable long-term solution, I have gotten a reputation and for some reason don't have many companions nowadays
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Zac, there's no reputation when they get eaten, right? haha ;)
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It's just a different reputation. Buddies go in, but they don't come out.
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Problem for me is that there is no one slower that is still backpacking!
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maybe it's also that you take 45 mins to pack up before you leave??
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Problem for me is that there is no one slower that is still backpacking!
You don't need to be constantly hiking together, set a meet-up/camping spot ahead of time along with your route, the other person can go fishing, photograph, or climb a peak until you get there. But your good company OR, so who needs to be in a rush. :)
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Maverick

Hiking separate kind of misses the point! When I hike with my son, even off trail we are mostly hiking separately. About the time I start swearing where the f....... is he ! there he is leaning against a rock or a tree waiting for me, sometimes asleep!
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there he is leaning against a rock or a tree waiting for me, sometimes asleep!
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.

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