The one "Luxury" items you would bing

[map man]

A bear canister. I've hiked a few places where they are required and now I prefer them to hanging my food, even though mine weighs a couple pounds. It makes a nice camp stool too.

[Iceaxe]

For those that have hiked or for those planning on. WHO would you consider the one "luxury" item that you either brought with you or would bring on the trail again.

Radha Mitchell.

Thats the "who" I would like to take.

As for the "what", depite me being a UL snob, gram weenie, "go-freezer"... I am bringing a camera.
Now for the moral dilemma. I have a camera and also a phone with a built in camera.
So it would be soo easy to just bring the phone and use that as my camera but then the whole "bringing the world into the wilderness" issue rears itself.
At any rate I like to take pictures of the trail and sometimes the folks i meet on the trail. So thats my luxury item.

[SunnyWalker]

Pair of Binoculars for wildlife watching (really for birdwatching). Only thing here is I consider them a necessity!

[Espero]

Bacardi 151. Mix it with Gatorade to make a Fuzzy Leprechaun (or is that make a Leprechaun fuzzy).

[crazystick]

My dumbbells or my rock collection.

[Hikes in Rain]

BTW, where is Niceville, FL?

In the Panhandle, down on the coast on the east side of Eglin AFB, on Boggy Bayou (part of the Choctawhachee Bay). Very nice place, relatively undeveloped so far. Did some work down that way a few years back.

[Two Tents]

I have a plastic cutting board that I roll up around a sleeve of crackers or cookies or anything that needs extra protection. I use it for my kitchen area at meals. I took my time and etched/engraved a Pente game board on the bottom side and permanent markered in the lines after it was done. It came out nice and the same board is now 6 years old. A good afternoon or evening of Pente is great. We use nuts or M&M's or anything from the gorp bag for playing pieces. Many a rainy day was spent holed up playing Pente.

[yari]

For those that have hiked or for those planning on. What would you consider the one "luxury" item that you either brought with you or would bring on the trail again.

Sketch pad and charcoal and pens for drawing.

[yari]

miles of kite string.

LOL

You crack me up to no end.

I have a feeling that running into you on the trail would be a hoot.

[d.o.c]

ipod and a water pipe

[rjhoffmann88]

A travel size cribbage board and cards.

[theeulogy]

It is a camera for me. I have never taken a book, not a big book reader.

[Diatribe]

Weed!

Grrrrrr-they're gonna get you

My iPod and my pillow.

Sometimes I think I should give myself the trail name "Mr. Big Pillow" because even if I'm on a months long hike--I will not leave behind the pillow. I can sleep any surface so long I have that pillow. I bought a nice compression sack that makes it the size of a football, and it's worth every ounce!
Ipod is also essential for me on trail as well, and the weight doesn't matter to me at all.

[Luddite]

Katadyn water filter instead of aqua mira.

I carry a Katadyn too and it is definitely a luxury,

[Skidsteer]

Call me old school, but I don't bing luxury items.

I Google them.

[Sly]

Call me old school, but I don't bing luxury items.

I Google them.

I use Greenseng, the green search engine. (google in disguise)

http://www.greenseng.com/

[fehchet]

A chair. I have one -- a Crazy Creek chair. I've owned it for a year and it has yet to come along hiking with me. I'm trying to justify the extra 11 ounces. My back may be justified though because it is wicked comfy. We'll see -- headed out in 4 weeks.
Bangor to Asheville 5 hours and 27 minutes and for about as much as it costs to go by bus/train/bus.

[yari]

Grrrrrr-they're gonna get you



Sometimes I think I should give myself the trail name "Mr. Big Pillow" because even if I'm on a months long hike--I will not leave behind the pillow. I can sleep any surface so long I have that pillow. I bought a nice compression sack that makes it the size of a football, and it's worth every ounce!
Ipod is also essential for me on trail as well, and the weight doesn't matter to me at all.

My pillow is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Can't sleep without it.

[pirogue]

My star bucks coffee. I won't hike without it lol. Hence my trail name starbucks

I was on an overnight hunting trip a few weeks ago, and used the Starbucks instant in those packs that look like they might hold about 4 toothpics. I won't leave home again without it.

[mweinstone]

a pillow a chair a filter. hello? knock knock? anyone home at all?? common people lets bump this up a notch.

a disco ball for my tent.