How to Find Outdoor Friends

Making friends as an adult is hard - making friends as an adult with the caveat that they also like to do outdoorsy things sometimes feels damn near impossible, especially when first starting out. I was fortunate enough that my introduction into the world of hiking camping and backpacking came via a romantic partner. On our first date he asked if I liked to hike (I had never hiked a mountain before) I, eagerly said yes and figured that I could fake it until I made it. I showed up that afternoon in short running shorts, a pair of hot pink nike free sneakers and without food or water. He took me up a scree pitch and offered to leave me at the saddle while he went to the summit. My ego got in the way and I made it up tot he summit. We spent the next several years hiking and camping together and amid those years I realized my passion for the outdoors and implemented nearly every of the below suggestions to make friends that I now am fortunate to hike, camp, trail run and travel the world with.