Singles tired of sliding are giving up the app and looking for

Go for a hike If you are single, it may not be the first piece of advice you expect to hear, but this may be the best antidote to endlessly slide left and right.

After all, having nature with a group of fresh air-friendly people is a very helpful way to meet people. At least that’s the idea behind the slide Thursday night, which is the solution to the Appalachian Club’s app fatigue.

On its first stage hike on August 7, twelve singles from the five boroughs took a 1.5-mile walk along Battery Park on a scenic section of the Hudson River. (The next measure is Thursday, September 4th.)

Of course, it remains to be seen whether to establish any true love connection. But by the end of their time together, some numbers were changed at Treadwell Park, a nearby collectively friendly beer hall.

Elena Milan, 29, a partner manager for Mattress Company Purple, said the hike was a welcome break, a bounce between dating apps, which she has done over the past decade.

“I’ve been through the ringtones of everyone,” Milan, who lives in Brooklyn, told The Post. “I think the idea of meeting someone in real life is really fascinating outside of the dating platform.”

The cost of dating (whether psychic or literal) pushed 22-year-old Ishan Yadav, a New York University master’s student in computer science to register for Fort Park Walk.

“At least people won’t be ghosts here,” Yadav said, living on the park slopes and saying he had four dates in six months. “I would hinge and talk to people and then nothing happened.”

Yadav also likes that the event is free.

“I’m bankrupt and it’s hard to compete with the finance brother,” he laughed. “I made a connection with this woman on one of the apps and she told me that her last date brought her to the Knicks game–they were in the playoffs. That was really expensive; I can’t afford it!”

For Robi Ludwig, a New York City psychotherapist Psyd, the timing is just right for new organic ways like this to meet singles.

“Hiking gives singles the opportunity to connect and talk in a non-threatening way,” said Ludwig, host of YouTube series “Pivot.” “There is a common goal of meeting and spending time outside while knowing each other, which can make people more open-minded.”

And, for hiking boots, with New Yorkers, the club also sponsors concrete weekly, and goes on the market by bus, ideal for racing-free but adventurous weekend fighters New Yorkers who can sign up for an outing that matches their hiking abilities.

Milan, who grew up in Connecticut, said she was willing to try outings outside the city even though she had never hiked with people she didn’t know.

“It’s a unique and different way of interacting with people,” she said. “Dating someone you meet on the app can be awkward at times, and it feels like an easier way to find something to talk about.”

Whether it’s single to explore a gorgeous, shadowy trail, a game of immersion in a lake, or just considering life in a quiet forest escape, hiking outings can offer a low-risk, immersive way to connect.

There are other benefits.

“Science proves that time outside can make you happy, increase your heart rhythm and improve your mood,” said Sofia Petroski, a volunteer club hiking guide and a high school English teacher in the Bronx, who led the Fort Park Walk. “The purpose here is to introduce people so that we can hang out together and finally appreciate all the incredible nature around us.”

When you are single and give away the opportunity to meet in person, seize this moment, Ludwig added.

“What the world needs now is human interaction, so say ‘yes’ to everything and see what you do as victory, no matter what,” she said. “In other words, don’t see it as success only when you meet your people.”

Hiking with a bunch of singles, you may meet someone who will introduce you arrive Your people.

Or, you might end your new best friend.

“Either way, you’re brought into a whole new community,” Ludwig said. “When you’re single, you want to expand the circle as much as possible. You might be surprised to see how this affects you.”