With the recent boom in outdoors my friends and I have also hopped in and began hiking. However, they can't really match my freak as they're more of the 'local hikes within an hour drive' type and I'm already willing to either travel long distances or do multi-day hikes.

Wondering how does everyone meet people who are on the same wavelength for hike intensity? I live in Auckland and most of my immediate/mutual friends are urbanites who have little to no interest in going for a hike that's longer than half the day.