i am 22, just recently started to want to go backpacking/hiking, i used to go camping and so on. but now im looking for a little more oomph in the outdoor lifestyle. unfortunately no one seems to want to go, my little brother wants to go but he is only 15. and i would feel bad if anything happened to him, since he is my younger brother, i am looking to buy a backpack for it and so on, but the fact of the matter is my friends are just drinkers and partyers, so i basically have no one to work up the effort to commit to the adventure as i am. and i definately dont want to carry for two people...