Backpacking? Man seeking ????

[lefty]

I love backpacking, especially at this time of year. My favorite place is Henry Coe. My Wife LOVES to hike, so I bought her all of the expensive backpacking gear, but she just does not like doing the overnight thing? :wtf She loves car camping,,,,???? I'm trying to find a buddy to go backpacking with.

So, this is sorta like a backpacking personals ad;

55 y/o male, I am not in great shape. I walk slowly and take frequent (pee) breaks. I can hike up to 10 miles/day while carrying a 50 lb pack. I am learning to go lighter- I recently purchased a 2.5 lb tent and a 1 lb stove. I like to be at the trail head at 1st light. I normally hike to a lake and stay put. My last trip was to a lake in Coe park (approx. 6 miles/way). My #1 goal is to fish and drink single malt scotch. I believe in everyone bringing their own gear. I've been on too many trips where 1 stove/water filter/etc failed, so it's nice to have a backup.

I hate the heat, and prefer to go in cooler weather.

Oh, there will no tent sharing, unless your name is Selma Hayek!!

 

[R3DS!X]

Looking for someone to keep you warm in the cold lonely night?

 

[Melissa]

m4m?

 

[Cycle61]

Looking for someone to keep you warm in the cold lonely night?

He said Selma Hyak, not Shania Twain.

 

[Melissa]

oh so m4sh

 

[Kestrel]

I do a *lot* of combined backpacking & flyfishing with my dad in western NC. In the many many years or so I've had a pack on my shoulders (I'm in my 30s, and we started doing this when I was 10 years old or so), finding a way to make a lighter pack has been crucial to having a successful trip, especially as people age. Light weight pays dividends; when you are carrying all of the extra flyfishing gear and are hiking in some pretty remote & rugged terrain, every little bit helps.. Anything a few hours off the beaten path has resulted in some great fishing.

Hope you find what you're looking for! Have made some great memories while walking & fishing probably a few hundred miles of water with my dad over the last 25 years.

 

[Climber]

Nothing like waking up to the sound of bacon cooking on a wood fire while in a tent after a cold night. My dad was always the early riser.

I have too many obligations to go camping with you, good luck finding a camping partner, I know I'd enjoy the walking and conversations with you if I could go.

 

[lefty]

Kestral-

Those are incredible photos!!! I've caught some amazing trout in the Sierras. The fish are so beautiful, they look like they were painted.

Climber-

Maybe one day in the future!!!

Melissa-

I purposely left it open. I don't want to appear to be sexist. Woman love backpacking too.

 

[ucmgrad]

Lefty, sent ya a PM

 

[lefty]

Cool. I will check it out.

 

[HappyHighwayman]

I enjoy all 3 levels of camping, Car Camping, easy camping (campgrounds) and real camping (carry everything in and out).

 

[augustiron]

This thread has potential.

 

[fraz]

I like to be at the trail head at 1st light.

You had me at trail head. :teeth

Actually sounds like fun, and hoping your honest description finds you a hiking buddy. Boy can I relate to the slow and frequent pee breaks... aging is for reals.

 

[byke]

Conflicting filters. The guy that wants to hike at first light, isn't the guy that wants to camp in one spot and fish/drink, and the guy that wants to stay in one spot and fish/drink, isn't the guy that wants to hike at first light.

 

[lefty]

This thread has potential.

............potential to go to hell in a hurry!! :laughing

 

[2legs2wheels]

And no one has yet made an ant reference in this thread?

 

[auntiebling]

And no one has yet made an ant reference in this thread?

I'm sure ants will be all up in lefty's junk if doesnt pack carefully

 

[HappyHighwayman]

I have some friends that aren't high maintenance who need some serious convincing to sleep outside even for one night in a camp ground with toilets.

 

[Climber]

I have some friends that aren't high maintenance who need some serious convincing to sleep outside even for one night in a camp ground with toilets.

If you didn't do it as a kid, it'd be hard to really know what to do.

By the time I was 14 I had spent over a year of my life in a tent, so camping is/was second nature to me. For others, like my wife, it's a hardship not worth the effort.

 

[Ant]

And no one has yet made an ant reference in this thread?

Camping is like pretending you're homeless.

Nuts to that.

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