[pct-l] hiking with a partner

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Kristin,

It sounds like you have a good plan, but you may be surprised at how your
partner adapts to the trail.  Maybe she will learn to embrace trail life
and find that hiking – particularly in the first few hundred miles – isn’t
really lonely.  Eventually if you both remain committed to the hike it may
be good for you to spend parts of the day – or longer – apart just for the
change.

Good luck, don’t over-think things, and just hike.

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Kristin Hamann <aggie03.kh at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thru-hiking this year with one of my best friends, and was just wondering
> if anyone had advice on sticking together for 4 1/2 to 5 months.  Of course
> we will both have to make compromises, but I was wondering if anyone out
> there that had done a long trip with another person had any specific tips
> on how they managed to stick together and preserve their friendship?  We
> are carrying separate gear *just in case* but the plan is to stay together.
>  I have done a lot of solo backpacking, but my friend is very uncomfortable
> with traveling solo, so if we split up it would probably result in her not
> being able to finish the trail unless she met another hiking companion.
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!
>
> Kristin
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