coffee press, duct tape !
My music.
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It's essential.
My wife "Pace Car" won't hit the trail without hers.Originally Posted by Baby Blue
Tom G.
A pack on my back and boots on my feet... Life is good!
A paperclip. I just have to remember to replace before each trip because I end up using one for something or another.
In order:
Hammock & tarp (& accesories)
Trekking poles.
Vitamin I or similar.
Curse you Perry the Platypus!
Did a week long survival course in AK with just the clothes on my back and a multi tool.
Would have been much worse without the multi tool, but probably could have lived without it.
Ok curious minds want to know what you can use a paper clip to fix, for something so small I'd be seriously interested in hearing about its uses.
sounds lame, but because i was always hiking thru winter, and sometimes never saw anyone for weeks on end, i think my walkman
A good knife. Everything else is just a luxury. It is much easier to light a fire with a Ferro Rod though and that would be my second item.
Lad I don't know where you've been. But, I see you won first prize!
Shoes would be high on the list!!!
Autumn leaves tinkling in the wind, ancient old growth trees, refreshing waterfalls, clean water, big puffy cottony clouds on an orang sunset horizon, being able to see out across twelve mountain ranges, a word of wisdom aptly spoken in season, unselfish people, children with great big smiling playful faces, a sweet kiss, and the next undiscovered rise leading to the most brilliant views.
Body Glide.
Accepting myself.
You can use them to clip papers together...
...on the appalachian trail...
up over the hills, theres nothing to fear
theres a pub across the way with whisky and beer
its a lengthy journey on the way up to the top
but it ain't so bad if you have a great big bottle o'scotch
SurlyTemple: I am assuming you would be taking sleeping bag, tent/hammock, etc. So here is MY "thing" I could not go without: small swiss army knife and very, very, very lightweight waterproof binoculars.
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges. Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go!" (Rudyard Kipling)
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those binocs have a name?
up over the hills, theres nothing to fear
theres a pub across the way with whisky and beer
its a lengthy journey on the way up to the top
but it ain't so bad if you have a great big bottle o'scotch
My POE Max-thermo. Too old to sleep without an air mattress any more.
Bear Rope-nothing worse then loosing your entire food supply to a hungry bear and the restock store is 20 miles away and it's 2 a.m.......
Backpack, Warm Sleeping Bag, and Clif Bars.
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Lightweight, Cheap and in these months indispensable.
up over the hills, theres nothing to fear
theres a pub across the way with whisky and beer
its a lengthy journey on the way up to the top
but it ain't so bad if you have a great big bottle o'scotch
1. Duct Tape
2. dental floss
3. Imodian AD
4. hat
5. boots
Last edited by No Belay; 11-28-2008 at 18:53. Reason: re-evaluated priorities
I am Who I am because I've been THERE .
Aside from basic needs, what I always bring is a Montane wind shirt. It protects from bugs, chilly breezes, fits in my pocket and weighs three ounces. I use it all four seasons.
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