Interesting comments. Finding good matches for extended wilderness trips is not easy. And, seems to me, is getting harder. One reason it is getting harder is that lots of folks I have gone with have aged a little and think they do not want to go. Another reason folks opt out is the trip they took was tougher than they had expected. Boundary Waters Journal did a series on finding good travel companions. Other folks seemed to find the same "truths" I did.

From this site, I've met Spartan 1 and Spartan 2. Good folks and I would travel with them, though I suspect they would not travel with me as I go farther and harder than they. While I have never met Jimbo, I suspect he and I would get along, though I'll be damned if I'll carry pink flamingos through the bush.