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    Default Dumbest biggest thing you've ever carried

    Just curious, whats the dumbest or biggest thing you've carried while hiking?

    Anything, like rocks, stuffed beavers or penguins are accepted as reasonable answers.

    The more ridiculous the better.

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    garden gnome, roughly 2.5 lbs & big. i would still argue this was a necessity though.
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    a coffee press, seemed like a good idea, but impossible to clean. Starbucks via is the new preferred brewing method.

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    Went on a 16 day hike. Took John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wraith.
    No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.

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    Previous meals.......
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    Once because of extremely hurried last minute packing, I carried 3 D-cell batteries and I of course had nothing that needed D-cell batteries. Also on the same trip, I carried a tire pressure gauge, with of course no tires to check. Had a great trip anyway!

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    In NM, went on a 7 day hike, carried a bear knife, just in case I had to go Donner party on my hiking bud.

    I also once carried a woodsy effigy, you know, to try and bring it back, back smokey ruined that.

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    I used to carry a Thermarest Base Camp.

    Quote Originally Posted by TheChop View Post
    Took John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wraith.
    Great book. Next time bring The Pearl or Of Mice and Men, much lighter.
    Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luddite View Post
    I used to carry a Thermarest Base Camp.



    Great book. Next time bring The Pearl or Of Mice and Men, much lighter.
    I read it all. I brought it because I knew it was going to be a long trip with a good amount of down time. A great experience was reading about these poor families in the Dust Bowl while I was sitting in the middle of Smokemont campground surrounded by all these people dragging out all sorts of stuff from their cars and here I was with just the things in my pack. It really made me appreciate how easy life is for so many of us.
    No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.

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    when i left amicalola, i had 62 lbs, 5 of which was straight uncooked quinoa...
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    Pair of Vasque Hiker II boots tied to the top of my Kelty Tioga - full leather, fully gusseted tongue, weighed 3+ lbs each. Carried them from LaJunta, CO to Halstead, KS - about 354 miles. I started wearing running shoes instead.

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    i carried a 28oz TM inflatable across CT, dumped it in Kent when I found out it was fake

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    I carried 15 ft of 1 1/2 anchor rope on my first hike it was a twenty mile two day hike never used the roap for anything it sits in my shop I havent
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    Default What is a TM inflatable>?

    What is a TM inflatable?

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    i carried a 28oz TM inflatable across CT, dumped it in Kent when I found out it was fake
    Still Going.... Cancer survivor of 13 years!!!!!!!

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    have you ever heard of Dolly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by taildragger View Post
    Just curious, whats the dumbest or biggest thing you've carried while hiking?

    Anything, like rocks, stuffed beavers or penguins are accepted as reasonable answers.

    The more ridiculous the better.

    Go
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    I met two hikers this year carrying their cat.







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    Hickory handled hatchet - I was a moron.
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    On my first hike I carried an extra pair of blue jeans.

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    wow - My first foray onto the Northville Placid Trail many years ago, I carried a set of clothes for each day and an 8 lb tent but the dumbest thing was a 3-D cell Maglight and an Army Trenching Tool, all festooned onto my 1975 CampTrails external frame pack...- . I was young, dumb and not too far from being just out of the army...... Thank god I had strong legs and back.
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