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When backpacking partners discover incompatible wilderness philosophies

My best friend and I planned this epic backpacking trip for months but now that we're actually doing it we're discovering we have completely different ideas about what 'roughing it' means, and every decision about pace and comfort is becoming a weird negotiation about who we think we are.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mountain is forcing you both to confront the gap between your outdoor identities and your actual needs.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mountains and high places?”

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