My first date with my boyfriend wasn't a hike – we just wandered around one of Glasgow's enormous city parks for hours because in lockdown that's all that was allowed. But I can say with all certainty that if he'd suggested a hike, I'd have happily gone.
After all, I love hiking more than most things and it's important to me to be with someone who feels the same. It probably wouldn't have occurred to me that he could be an axe murderer (he isn't) or we could have got lost on a mountain and it could have made for a first date disaster. I'd just have been excited for an adventure with someone new. But if one of my friends called up to tell me they were heading out on a hike with a total stranger, I'd probably have reservations. So Is hiking a good first date?
