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I do not have first hand experience on this topic.
But a couple that used to be my neighbor had hiked the entire AT together. I think it really helped them bond.
And a friend of mine in college went on a canoe trip with his fiancé and another couple, the trip was a couple months long in Northern Canada. He and his former girlfriend came back as formerly engaged. That trip did not work so well to cement their bonding. Maybe that was a good thing?