I want my friends to fall in love with backpacking, help!

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lalahikesnw
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Re: I want my friends to fall in love with backpacking, help

Post by lalahikesnw » August 4th, 2017, 3:51 pm

texasbb wrote:In my experience, trying to choose something easy for someone's first time out is a waste. People either have the bug or they don't. No amount of coddling can give the bug to someone who doesn't have it, and no level of comfort disaster will cure the bug in someone who has it.
I completely agree with this! I took my friends on their first backpack to Cairn Basin last year and while they cursed my name the entire hike up (mostly because of bugs....and that I tend to "forget" about all that pesky uphill...aka the entire hike...hehe)
but the views and Cairn Basin won them over. BUT they also already enjoyed hiking and getting away from it all.

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Re: I want my friends to fall in love with backpacking, help

Post by xrp » August 7th, 2017, 10:53 am

I also have to agree with texasbb.

The best thing to do is try to have conversations with people to see if they're really into it.

What's great about backpacking is that it can be so many different things, depending on the destination and trail.

You just need to feel out the friends and find out if they're into it or not.

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