How far could you carry your significant other (or equivalent) on your back (piggy-back style)?

I couldn’t even budge him off the ground. My best hope is to pin a homing device on him so I can find him again. (Can you just buy those things?)

I could carry her as far as I needed to…

I could drag him a ways, but there’s no way I could pick him up. I might be able to carry him a couple hundred yards if he could get himself on my back. So, I’m pretty much down to dragging if taking him out with me is necessary. However, I’m guessing it would be significantly more efficient for me to hike out alone as quickly as I could and then come back with help.

He, on the other hand, could carry me for a while. Of course, I weigh at least 60 pounds less than him, and men tend to be stronger anyway. He has a couple advantages.

@coffeenut I love your response. I suspect my man would say the same. We can do some impressive things when necessity strikes.

Yeah…I could probably attempt to roll him on the ground but I can’t even manage to get him off the couch to the bedroom when he passes out.

I could and have carried (firemans carry) several hundred yards in hiking terrain.
I also have been trained as a first aid and advanced first aide and would only do the carry thing if i must as more injury can be caused in doing that move.
Don’t move unless you have to. Wait for First responders and EMT to do their job.

I don’t think that I could carry him very far, but I am experienced in moving, rolling and/or lifting people of all ages and sizes. I think that I could move him in some way, but as for carrying him piggy-back… I’m not sure we’d get much of anywhere. He’s not a little guy.
Then again, you never know what enough adrenaline can do to a person. I may turn into superwoman.

I’m 115 lbs and she’s 130 lbs. Not very far.

But, I’m sure if adrenaline kicked in, I could go pretty far.

We’re both 5’2”.

He’s six feet tall and about 195 pounds; I’m 5 foot 1 and err, much less than that. I am a strong swimmer though and he is not so I might be able to save him from drowning.

She’s only 100 pounds so no problem.

He only weighs about 30 more pounds than me but I’ve tried to give him piggy back rides before and I’ve gotten about 2 feet and collapsed. But I’m sure if it was an emergency I would carry him around the earth! Or….at least down the mountain or out of the woods…

He’s 5’ 11” and 180. I’m 5’ 1” and 135. I don’t think I could carry him very far. I could probably drag him for a while, then rest. Drag him some more and rest. We may have to try this outside this spring!

Yeah, @tedibear, I’ll be using that method as well!

@anybody—Kind of a female-heavy response thus far (no pun intended!). Either this is a female-dominated site or the males are thinking: “Yeah, baby, no worries. You can count on me to get you out of the woods or off the freakin’ mountain if you break your leg!” Yeah, right, gimme a break (okay, this time the pun may have been intended).

@stoker…..so because you can’t do it….no one else should be able to? ......Seriously?

@stoker perhaps a more pessimistic and hopeless attitude would do you good!

hmmm, pretty easily, since i have no one to carry ,,,lol.

He weighs about 240 pounds and I’m 140. I wouldn’t be able to get him even an inch off the ground.

If I tried to carry him, there would be a pile of two of us on the floor unable to move!

@Sunny2 lol…

Pretty far. I’m around a hundred pounds heavier than she is, and not unaccostumed to carrying weight on my back while hiking. Plus, I’m a wilderness skills instructor and WFA (wilderness first aid) certified, so I’m pretty capable of rigging up litters or carriers to make it easier. The only issue is that I’m out of shape, but I’ve been spending more and more time lately walking around and hiking carrying a load on my back. Since I usually have my entire 72-hour kit with me, I could just empty it out and cut a couple leg holes so it becomes a carrier.

Not at all. Even with adrenaline (I’ve carried a person before) I could not carry him. He is 6ft and near 200lbs whereas I’m 5’2” and 100–107lbs. He has been a teacher of rock climbing and knows if we go trekking about that he has to factor an emergency into the mix and think about how we can get out if something goes wrong.

You know, it’s funny. We just talked about this not too long ago. He got the short end of the stick, big time. I’m 5’2” and I don’t weigh that much. He’s 6’4” and well over 200 pounds. One time we were joking and I said I’d give him a piggyback ride, he got on my back and I never took a step. Does that count?

I think my husband would be better off with @incendiary_dan than with me if he’s going to have an emergency that involves carrying. But I’ll stay by him and hold his hand while we wait for rescue, write down anything he wants me to remember, and try not to make him laugh if he’s in pain.

My husband and I are about the same height (I’m half an inch taller) but he is a lot more muscle than me…quite stocky. I don’t think I could even lift him, especially if he were injured and dead weight!

I’m 215. She’s 98. So I could do it! I don’t know how far though :(

I couldn’t.

Probably as far as I need to. She weighs less than a fully loaded backpack. She certainly looks nicer than one.

Okay, a bit of an exaggeration. But I once had a job that involved routinely lifting objects heavier than her.

As far as I wanted until I got tired.