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Backcountry Future Proofing

Finding a long-term partner.

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Oliver Kendall

Part dance, part roll of the dice—finding the right partner for the backcountry.

Part dance, part roll of the dice—finding the right partner for the backcountry.

Let me preface this with an acknowledgment that I am neither a backcountry skiing expert nor a dating expert. All that’s about to come is just my opinion.  As the leaves turn and fall and their comforting yellow dries to a crunchy brown, my once impossibly far away dreams of sliding uphill seem just a little…

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  1. Samuel Kendall

    Great insights from the Director of Ski Relationship Science!

  2. Patrick Fink

    Your post made me think about a blog post that I wrote with my thoughts on finding and being a good partner. I’ll shamelessly promote that here:

    https://mountainlessons.com/2013/04/18/find-a-good-partner-be-a-good-partner/

    Incidentally, I was 24 at the time that I wrote this.

    Dating has always been hard. But I wrote this post in the same year that I met my wife. The fact that you’re thinking about the issue at length means you’re probably the guy that people will want to head out with. Look me up if you ever visit the other High Route HQ in Bend.

  3. Spencer Dillon

    Hi Oliver, welcome.

    Your point is well-take and well-articulated. The paradox of the digital dating scene is that it allows our expectations to be unmoored from the gritty, very human realities that undergird it. Better to ski with someone you like who can learn to ski than the other way around. I will have to take your advice rather than mine this winter, as my prince charming is living in a different state this winter 🙁

    Good luck with the big-ball barroom bluster. A lot of fragile egos involved when the resort bros take to touring. I find that chatter so irritating. It reminds me of uncle rico from napoleon dynamite.

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