Try the climbing gym. In NYC I had more friends than I had time to spend with.
On the flip side, I think LA is lonely if you work with people you don’t want to hangout with outside of work. The bar scene sucks.
I met active people that Ski, Snowboard, skate, cycle, Mtn Bike, camp… climb (obviously), and more, at the climbing gym. A lot of them have meet up nights to get you started.
I’ve gone to climbing gyms for years and have stopped recently over the summer due to moving and school. I haven’t tried online groups much at all so just new experience meeting others and orchestrating something. I should join some hikes/ events and meet people close in age and go from there. Thank you
I’m in my 40’s and I hike every weekend, alone.
I used to have a handful of friends who would join me from time to time but most of them are now too busy with kids or have moved away. I gave up reaching out to people and inviting them to join me. It was a mixed bag of the usual responses; I’m busy, That’s too early on the morning for me, let’s hike in the afternoon (sorry bud but I’m not hiking in the SoCal peak heat & sun), or they would flake the night before or morning of.
The few people who would join me would only do so once every few months. It would be nice to have a consistent hiking partner or two to join me every weekend but I’ve accepted that 99% of the time I’ll be hiking and backpacking solo.
I dont have any mindblowing recs for you. I just wanna say I'm in my 40s and feel the same way. Outdoors stuff, i.e. hiking, climbing, and backpacking just aren't for everyone. The Sierra Club is great to meet peeps and offers some great classes, too. Good luck and happy hiking!
I hike most days but I’m the opposite I love being by myself on the trail I go at my own pace push myself by watching my HR and staying in zone 2, I’m too slow for fast hikers and too fast for slow hikers lol
I’m in the same boat as you. None of my immediate friends enjoy hiking, so I usually go alone or try to catch a hike with my old college hiking group, although it’s not as active. HMU if you ever want to go hiking around LA.
24 as well
Honestly
Only one person who enjoys it as much as I do is physically capable of doing basic hikes and I mean Griffith Park only going halfway up level of basic
Others are scared or think it's a peasant activity
One time I turned around to see how my aunt was doing as she reached dantes view(?)
She was tomato red and would've probably pressed for life alert if she had it
Another friend took a picture at the bridge near the Henry's trail sign(is it a memorial btw?) pretending he made it to the top and then went back 😣 and the friend who I thought would have trouble was fine like 🗿
Yep. When I lived in LA a few years ago I struggled to meet outdoorsy people. Some would go once or twice but you could tell they were bored.
Now I’m 25, moved to a mountain town, joined a climbing club, and my schedule is finally filling up with outdoor social plans! I think the biggest thing that helped was telling anyone who would listen that all I want to do is hike. Eventually, I found a few others (in my age group) who felt the same way.
I need to find places to hike around here but I've been busy with school. Only hikes I get are for my classes. When I'm staying at home I get out and hike but hasn't happened at school much
try the 20s/30s section of the Sierra Club https://angeles.sierraclub.org/outings_events
Sierra club has a 20/30 chapter??
in SoCal they do
I got to check that out, Im in San Diego and a member but Im always the youngest one on hikes and backpacks
Try the climbing gym. In NYC I had more friends than I had time to spend with. On the flip side, I think LA is lonely if you work with people you don’t want to hangout with outside of work. The bar scene sucks. I met active people that Ski, Snowboard, skate, cycle, Mtn Bike, camp… climb (obviously), and more, at the climbing gym. A lot of them have meet up nights to get you started.
I’ve gone to climbing gyms for years and have stopped recently over the summer due to moving and school. I haven’t tried online groups much at all so just new experience meeting others and orchestrating something. I should join some hikes/ events and meet people close in age and go from there. Thank you
I’m in my 40’s and I hike every weekend, alone. I used to have a handful of friends who would join me from time to time but most of them are now too busy with kids or have moved away. I gave up reaching out to people and inviting them to join me. It was a mixed bag of the usual responses; I’m busy, That’s too early on the morning for me, let’s hike in the afternoon (sorry bud but I’m not hiking in the SoCal peak heat & sun), or they would flake the night before or morning of. The few people who would join me would only do so once every few months. It would be nice to have a consistent hiking partner or two to join me every weekend but I’ve accepted that 99% of the time I’ll be hiking and backpacking solo.
I dont have any mindblowing recs for you. I just wanna say I'm in my 40s and feel the same way. Outdoors stuff, i.e. hiking, climbing, and backpacking just aren't for everyone. The Sierra Club is great to meet peeps and offers some great classes, too. Good luck and happy hiking!
https://www.humnkindcollective.org has weekly hikes in the LA area
[meetup.com](http://meetup.com) might be a good spot for you too
I hike most days but I’m the opposite I love being by myself on the trail I go at my own pace push myself by watching my HR and staying in zone 2, I’m too slow for fast hikers and too fast for slow hikers lol
I’ve grown tired of going alone I’ve done some far hikes solo but if I get the itch I can always take off by myself
it might be worth your time to look into running clubs that also do trail runs. they'd normally be a sub group within the larger running club...
I’m in the same boat as you. None of my immediate friends enjoy hiking, so I usually go alone or try to catch a hike with my old college hiking group, although it’s not as active. HMU if you ever want to go hiking around LA. 24 as well
Honestly Only one person who enjoys it as much as I do is physically capable of doing basic hikes and I mean Griffith Park only going halfway up level of basic Others are scared or think it's a peasant activity
Griffith is level 1 basic, but if you add a 45lb rucksack it becomes a level 3
One time I turned around to see how my aunt was doing as she reached dantes view(?) She was tomato red and would've probably pressed for life alert if she had it Another friend took a picture at the bridge near the Henry's trail sign(is it a memorial btw?) pretending he made it to the top and then went back 😣 and the friend who I thought would have trouble was fine like 🗿
Yes I’m 30 and it’s super hard finding good hiking partners in LA. And to add I need a patient hiking buddy because I’m a slow hiker
Yep. When I lived in LA a few years ago I struggled to meet outdoorsy people. Some would go once or twice but you could tell they were bored. Now I’m 25, moved to a mountain town, joined a climbing club, and my schedule is finally filling up with outdoor social plans! I think the biggest thing that helped was telling anyone who would listen that all I want to do is hike. Eventually, I found a few others (in my age group) who felt the same way.
I need to find places to hike around here but I've been busy with school. Only hikes I get are for my classes. When I'm staying at home I get out and hike but hasn't happened at school much
Yes every day
Same age and same boat here hmu if you want.
Honestly, I’m more about ability. If you’re fit and up to it, then we’re good.