Like the rest, safety pins. Light weight and cheap. I just leave them attached to my pack so I always have them.
Yes, love the safety pin, but also one of my favorite trail items is rubber bands. Weigh nothing, but so useful. I keep platys rolled up with them, lid on cook pot (no stuff sack), around zip lock bags to compress them more, tons of uses.
2 pairs of hiking socks are for wearers of pretty white dresses. 1 pair are for haters like me.
"It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched." Higher Laws, Thoreau
I tied mine in a knot and had the exact opposite problem. It tried and I couldn't get the knot undone after it tried and stiffened.
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Dual use, I'm sure...............Originally Posted by Sly
Fear ridges that are depicted as flat lines on a profile map.
Uh, as heat sinks for soldering electronics?
L Dog
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"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir
Ditto on the diaper pins, learned that here on WB .................. have used them for years, works great for drying socks!!
melt a small hole about 1 inch down from the top of the socks. you thread a small peice of shockcord or some type of string, twine etc thru it.. make sure there are no loose threads around the hole or the sock may fray. melt it till its smooth.....i never tried this but it sounds good. i just thought it up. its gotta work. 1/8 in hole will accept shockcord..
I have two safety pins sown onto the upper half of my pack,
I use binder clips. In areas that I might pull the socks out I will push one of the wire clips through the socks as extra security. I have lost a couple socks using just the clips on overgrown trails but never with the clip going through the socks.
No, one use is to pin your bandanna onto the back of your baseball cap if you don't have one of those hideous sun hats. (I do).
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
I bought some BRASS safety pins at Wally-World. No rusty that way.
For a couple of bucks, get a weird haircut and waste your life away Bryan Adams....
Hammock hangs are where you go into the woods to meet men you've only known on the internet so you can sit around a campfire to swap sewing tips and recipes. - sargevining on HF
Sure, what other use could alligator clips have on the trail besides this and hanging socks to dry?No, one use is to pin your bandanna onto the back of your baseball cap if you don't have one of those hideous sun hats. (I do
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Just verdigris
L Dog
AT 2000 Miler
The Laughing Dog Blog
https://lighterpack.com/r/38fgjt
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir
also.............besides drying WET socks, after each mid-day sock break, airing them out vs putting them into a sealed bag is great, keeps the stink at bay, large diaper or whatever pins works great.
I like the old fashioned woodeen clothes pins. They are cheap and hang on real good. I never lost anything yet. Then when I do put up a clothesline in camp it is a little easier to hang clothes. Although you can hang clothes on a clothes line without the pins.
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i use the same, they will still rust but slower. they are only coated.
I'm so confused, I'm not sure if I lost my horse or found a rope.
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