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    Tom Clark
    BPL Member

    @tomclark

    Locale: East Coast

    OK, if you had the option to take a week long backpacking trip to your favorite back country destination…who would you pick to go with you??

    – Ryan Jordan
    – Glen van Peski
    – Andy Skurka
    – Ray Jardine
    – Chris Townsend
    – Pack llama
    – Other??

    #1643029
    W I S N E R !
    Spectator

    @xnomanx

    Genghis Khan.

    I'd love to see if I could outdrink him beside the campfire.

    #1643033
    Bob Bankhead
    BPL Member

    @wandering_bob

    Locale: Oregon, USA

    Easy!
    No contest.
    My wife.

    #1643036
    Ken Helwig
    BPL Member

    @kennyhel77

    Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA

    a lot of the folks that I have met on here from The Bay Area. Fantstic partners each and all. My wife too!

    #1643038
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    JC.

    Changing water into fine wine… fresh fish galore, multiplying loaves, calming wind and rain. Instant healing in case of mishap. And dispensing wisdom too. Need I say more? :)

    #1643040
    t.darrah
    BPL Member

    @thomdarrah

    Locale: Southern Oregon

    She's good looking, spirited, tough, fit, endlessly happy and thinks I'm the boss. My border collie Moxie.

    #1643042
    Mary D
    BPL Member

    @hikinggranny

    Locale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge

    In Marm's Lake, Wind River Range, WY

    #1643072
    Unknown abc
    Member

    @edude

    Jesus Christ!

    #1643076
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Katharina Pierini

    #1643170
    Andrew King
    Member

    @drewboy

    Locale: Arizona

    Great question Tom. No doubt it would be a real treat to go out with any of the individuals at the top of your list and learn from the best. Mostly I tend to favor someone who is most closely matched in abilities and philosophies on trail conduct. Some people like to smell the flowers, others like to knock down big miles. Some take LNT to a high level and forego TP and campfires, others embrace it to a lesser degree. People have different philosophies on risk taking and safety. I like to play my mp3/speaker in camp, other shun that and prefer quiet solitude. The people I go out with the most these days have become good friends and we multiply each other's enjoyment out there. Of course, for me these folks include UL gear junkies and hammock campers. The hangers in my backpacking club cluster together and tend to plan trips around tree availability.

    #1643172
    Ken Helwig
    BPL Member

    @kennyhel77

    Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA

    Mr. Thompson….+1 on that! She is great!

    #1643186
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    ‘He travels fastest who travels alone’ – Kipling

    Ken

    My ideal partner is solitude

    Roger

    'I was never less alone then when by myself' – Gibbon

    #1643213
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    ‘He travels fastest who travels alone’

    Sure, but that wasn't the question.

    #1643236
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    "Genghis Khan.

    I'd love to see if I could outdrink him beside the campfire."

    That would probably be the last contest you ever won. ;]

    #1643252
    Jeffs Eleven
    BPL Member

    @woodenwizard

    Locale: NePo

    Jesus would be the ultimate hiking partner.

    Stream crossings?- just walk
    Burden?- carried
    hungry?- eat for weeks on the same loaves and fishes
    need extra stakes? -… OK, OK… TOO FAR

    #1643272
    Matt Lutz
    Member

    @citystuckhiker

    Locale: Midwest

    Wife +1.

    Then a few buddies of mine from camp, and a folk or two from the MN BPL chapter. Then Sam Haraldson.

    #1643273
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    "need extra stakes? -… OK, OK… TOO FAR"

    LOL. Don't worry Jeff, if you need a backpacking partner in hell, I'm there…….

    #1643275
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    "Katharina Pierini"

    Okay, I'll go with Katharina too. Of course, I've never even met her, but I'm willing to take Ken's word for it…..

    #1643276
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    if you need a backpacking partner in hell, I'm there…….

    Needs to be a Facebook page for sure!

    Doug. Thanks for the trust, no matter how misguided :)

    #1643280
    Joseph Reeves
    Spectator

    @umnak

    Locale: Southeast Alaska

    No doubt about it…

    Tarp Camp at Bare Loon Lake, Chilkoot Trail

    whether it is a one day bushwhack through old growth devils club or a 400 mile kayak trip.

    #1643289
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    My soon to be partner (he is only good for dayhiking currently):
    Photobucket

    Ford, my oldest – who will turn 13 this month, back when he was 7 or so – has been my constant companion backpacking since he was 5:
    Olallie Trail

    And my husband as well.

    Mostly though I end up with peeps such as Dicentra and Hoosierdaddy!

    #1643292
    James Lantz
    BPL Member

    @jameslantz

    Locale: North Georgia

    +4 for Jesus the Christ. He practiced the lightweight hiking philosophy, thought outside the box, understands nature intimately, afflicts the comfortable & comforts the afflicted, & could convert water to single malt scotch (He's already done water to wine! ;) )

    #1643415
    Michael Ray
    BPL Member

    @topshot

    Locale: Midwest

    +5 for Jesus. I go out to worship and see God's amazing creation. Hope to add my sons and wife at some point soon on some easy trips.

    #1643424
    Judi Henson
    Member

    @ritzhenson

    Locale: The Deep South

    +6 for Jesus! My Son is my second choice… although, we usually do a trio thang. (Jesus, my son Michael, and Me.)Michael pickin' a winner

    #1643626
    Steven Hanlon
    BPL Member

    @asciibaron

    Locale: Mid Atlantic

    i would gladly go with anyone willing to go with me.

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