Anyone day hike alone?

I like to hike alone because I like to solitude and I can go at my own pace. I get sense of accomplishment out of hiking a good distance. Sometimes I actually do take a friend or wife with me and they enjoy the peace and quiet too. Camping I do with family, friends, dog and by myself. There is nothing like a good camp fire and silence.
 
I usually hike alone. This is quality time for me and lets me be one with nature. My health is not the best as I walk slow and need to take rests often.
 
Hiking alone or with one friend with common interests is the best way to learn about nature and appreciate your surroundings. It is very hard to subject someone to endless periods of photographic efforts (tripod, closeup, landscape, early morning trips) unless they particapate. It is part of the reason I am starting to really like kayaks; you do it alone or with other yakers, but you are on your own essentially.

I think an awful lot of us are becoming more isolated all the time. The internet only makes the isolation feel acceptable.
 
Got used to being alone on 10K+ trail runs. Now I don't do any serious hiking with anyone else. The freedom and solitude are the attributes of the outdoors that I love the most.
 
99% of the time it's just me and my dog Sadie. I have tried hiking with a friend and it felt akward.
 
Used to day hike alone all the time, and I've been on a couple of solo overnight backpacking trips (and going on another one this weekend I think). As has been mentioned, let someone know where you're going and when you plan to be back as a precaution, and you should be fine. It's a little more risky than if you had a partner with you, and there are probably places or conditions where I would hike with a friend, but not alone, but to me the solitude and freedom are worth the risk most of the time.
 
I generally day hike at least a few times a week alone.

I take what I think I could need for the expected and hopefully unexpected.

I enjoy making my own decisions, going where I want, being fully responsible for myself, sometimes being the only person in miles, sometimes being out there when the weather gets wild - just it and me.

I like to hike with my lady but it's a different kind of hike.

Occasionally I hike with friends. That's good too.
 
I do - a lot. It's my chance to have some space and time to myself. If I want a read book with no chance of a phone going or the kids bugging me I can. If I want to play with blades and try out some skills, I can with nobody giving me a hard time.

I've done several mutli-day hikes by myself. I just let me wife know when and where I'll be, along with my planned routes if I have to get out of some place sooner than expected.

One day I'll get an EPIRB but, I think that will make we want to push my luck, when I should play it safe.
 
I do a lot of hiking alone. Why not? Day hikes, weekends, longer hikes. It's fun. There's nothing like real peace and quiet with not a single human anywhere near you.
 
You really should try hiking with a camera crew and a personal masseuse. You know, sort of like Bear Grylls.

I, however, hike alone pretty often.
 
I was lucky to have people with me this past weekend. I stepped in a yello jackets nest, & when I started to get stung, I ran down the hillside, which abruptly ended & dropped down about 10 feet into a dry creekbed, full of rocks & boulders & when I landed i sprained my ankles & pulled my calf musle, all that I could do was set down hurt while some of the bees still stung me, my friends started swatting the bees off & checked for ankle breakage. I had benedryl with me & Ibupropen ,both helped till I could make it out. if I had been alone I would have been in a pretty bad fix. it made me think about hiking alone, which I do sometimes!
 
I hike alone all the time. I even camp alone. I like camping with others but most of my friends don't camp.

KR
 
I hike alone for two reasons;
First, getting someone on the same schedule as me and wanting to go when I want is difficult.
Second, like some have said I like to do my own thing. If I want to take half the day hiking 2 miles than that's what I'll do. Stop and check out a stump for pitchwood or watch a hawk for a bit. I'm not an A to B hiker. Meaning, I don't really care if I make it from here to there, I just want to be out in nature weather I do 2 miles or 10. Most people I know need that "I did 5 miles up the side of a mountain" sort of accomplishment. Me, I'm only 30 but I lost that sense of needing to brag about what I do years ago.
 
If I ever find some one that understands the value of silence, who listens more than talks, then I'll hike and camp with some one else. Until then, I go alone.
 
Im about 70-30, I hike alone most of the time but will sometimes take my girlfreind, she is a good hiking companion and doesent slow me down, we talk sometimes but can walk in scilence for hours, without it being awkward, especially if we are both into the hike. she is not as facinated as I am with nature and will get bored of wathching a bird or animal but will usually humor me. I find that I can really only take her to places I have hiked before, or on really easy trails, as any rout finding or backtracking she considers being "lost" and gets worried.

I have tried hiking with other freinds, that doesent work that well, ones in worse condition than me often mess up my hike by slowing me down, and ones in better condition make me feel rushed through the woods.

The only way I usually do it is for multi day hikes and then, we have a pre planned schedule, and we all agree to camp at a certain spot and go our own pace during the day. This is actually really nice as you can enjoy your Zen experience that day and compare notes over a campfire, talking about animals seen or things found on the trail etc.
 
I walk alone too. I live in a mountainous area so it is very hard to get lost, walk down hill!
 
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