Why Aragorn?

[Valandil]

Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain

Aragorn went abroad with Elronds son before that. In Appendix A it says

It doesn't say how often this happened but it suggest he left Rivendell a few years previously.

This was actually before he 'went into the wild'... I take it he had gone out on possibly numerous short-term expeditions. But that's different from when he truly went out into the Wild, which was after Elrond told him who he really was, which was after his return with the sons of Elrond.