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Sep 4, 2010 at 1:33 pm #1262967
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??Sep 4, 2010 at 1:53 pm #1643029Genghis Khan.
I'd love to see if I could outdrink him beside the campfire.
Sep 4, 2010 at 2:15 pm #1643033Easy!
No contest.
My wife.Sep 4, 2010 at 2:33 pm #1643036a lot of the folks that I have met on here from The Bay Area. Fantstic partners each and all. My wife too!
Sep 4, 2010 at 2:43 pm #1643038JC.
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? :)
Sep 4, 2010 at 2:49 pm #1643040She's good looking, spirited, tough, fit, endlessly happy and thinks I'm the boss. My border collie Moxie.
Sep 4, 2010 at 2:59 pm #1643042Sep 4, 2010 at 6:06 pm #1643072Jesus Christ!
Sep 4, 2010 at 6:19 pm #1643076Katharina Pierini
Sep 5, 2010 at 9:30 am #1643170Great 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.
Sep 5, 2010 at 9:40 am #1643172Mr. Thompson….+1 on that! She is great!
Sep 5, 2010 at 11:06 am #1643186AnonymousInactive‘He travels fastest who travels alone’ – Kipling
Ken
My ideal partner is solitude
Roger
'I was never less alone then when by myself' – Gibbon
Sep 5, 2010 at 1:46 pm #1643213‘He travels fastest who travels alone’
Sure, but that wasn't the question.
Sep 5, 2010 at 4:01 pm #1643236AnonymousInactive"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. ;]
Sep 5, 2010 at 5:07 pm #1643252Jesus 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 FARSep 5, 2010 at 7:54 pm #1643272Wife +1.
Then a few buddies of mine from camp, and a folk or two from the MN BPL chapter. Then Sam Haraldson.
Sep 5, 2010 at 8:04 pm #1643273"need extra stakes? -… OK, OK… TOO FAR"
LOL. Don't worry Jeff, if you need a backpacking partner in hell, I'm there…….
Sep 5, 2010 at 8:09 pm #1643275"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…..
Sep 5, 2010 at 8:12 pm #1643276if 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 :)
Sep 5, 2010 at 8:16 pm #1643280Sep 5, 2010 at 9:07 pm #1643289Sep 5, 2010 at 9:15 pm #1643292+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! ;) )
Sep 6, 2010 at 2:07 pm #1643415+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.
Sep 6, 2010 at 2:29 pm #1643424+6 for Jesus! My Son is my second choice… although, we usually do a trio thang. (Jesus, my son Michael, and Me.)
Sep 7, 2010 at 9:12 am #1643626i would gladly go with anyone willing to go with me.
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