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airinpie
06-18-2008, 14:00
If you could only bring one thing besides the necessities (food, tent, sleeping bad, etc) what would you take backpacking?
I take my crazy creek chair. I know it weighs a ton, but I *heart* it!
Monkeywrench
06-18-2008, 14:16
A book.
Incahiker
06-18-2008, 14:18
I take my ultra light weight hammock, it weighs 9 oz. and I can use it as a lounge chair, its awesome. I don't have to be all picky about getting the hang just right because I won't be sleeping in it, just using it as a chair.
splash1986
06-18-2008, 14:19
A book, definetely
Incahiker
06-18-2008, 14:20
My wife.
Can't take my wife, she's to used to the comforts of a civilized life. She likes wilderness during the day, but when its time to sleep she needs to be in a bed inside a house. Instead my hiking buddy is my dog. Doesn't complain, is happy all the time, and enjoys hiking as much as I do.:banana
Appalachian Tater
06-18-2008, 14:28
Paperback book.
airinpie
06-18-2008, 14:29
My wife.
hopefully you don't have to carry her...:cool:
bloodmountainman
06-18-2008, 14:31
Coffee perculator......and my Spiderman de-coder ring.:cool:
The Weasel
06-18-2008, 14:32
Bible. Not so much for the religious content, but it has so much. Poetry, history, philosophy, war stories, love stories, more. So it has something for every mood, and compact.
TW
Lone Wolf
06-18-2008, 14:37
If you could only bring one thing besides the necessities (food, tent, sleeping bad, etc) what would you take backpacking?
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=11101&langId=-1&productId=14760&tabselected=tech&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=15704
deeddawg
06-18-2008, 14:41
hopefully you don't have to carry her...:cool:
There's gotta be an Ultralight joke in here somewhere....
:banana
airinpie
06-18-2008, 14:41
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=11101&langId=-1&productId=14760&tabselected=tech&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=15704
nice! i have one of these...
http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=6602&return=Y
whitefoot_hp
06-18-2008, 14:48
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=11101&langId=-1&productId=14760&tabselected=tech&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=15704
thats not a necessity??
taildragger
06-18-2008, 14:50
bourbon
Lone Wolf
06-18-2008, 14:56
nice! i have one of these...
http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=6602&return=Y
very nice. i have one of these http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=11101&storeId=10001&productId=67963&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=15702&isFirearm=Y
airinpie
06-18-2008, 15:01
very nice. i have one of these http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=11101&storeId=10001&productId=67963&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=15702&isFirearm=Y
it's so pretty i'd be afraid to shoot it :D
after food, tarp/hammock, and sleeping bag?
a knife.
musicwoman
06-18-2008, 16:06
I always carry one of these, but it's difficult to get it into my pack:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrischrz/498790845/
Camera. I love photography.
Pedaling Fool
06-18-2008, 16:22
Camera. I love photography.
Copy that.
airinpie
06-18-2008, 16:33
I always carry one of these, but it's difficult to get it into my pack:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrischrz/498790845/
:clapyou can't be too prepared.
Bear Cables
06-18-2008, 16:38
Camera for sure!
CherrypieScout
06-18-2008, 16:48
dental floss
bigcranky
06-18-2008, 16:51
Camera. But I don't use it as much as a should.
Mrs Baggins
06-18-2008, 17:05
A cell phone - - so I could call friends and family to bring the other things I like! (you know......like if you had 3 wishes what would you wish for? More wishes!) :banana
my chair
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___64550
bigcranky
06-18-2008, 21:23
my chair
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___64550
Mine's bigger:
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___86717
:sun
warraghiyagey
06-18-2008, 21:37
Jennfrick!!!!!!!:sun:sun:sun
I take a pair of cotton pajamas. What comfort!!
Odd Thomas
06-18-2008, 21:43
All these revolvers, I hate revolvers, if it's not a 1911 it aint a handgun. :D
Mine's bigger:
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___86717
:sun
nice, where's the pool? :D
NorthCountryWoods
06-20-2008, 08:27
Tactical tomahawk. (http://www.rmjforge.com/eagle_talon.htm)
Doughnut
06-20-2008, 08:38
I agree with Napster; HIS wife
DoughNut
NICKTHEGREEK
06-20-2008, 08:53
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=11101&langId=-1&productId=14760&tabselected=tech&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=15704
Trumped
Jack Tarlin
06-20-2008, 09:34
Just spent a week in Shenandoah Park, and I thought I had everything I needed.
The one thing missing that would have been great to have around?
Probably my good friend Jester, who's out on the PCT somewhere.
Great company isn't always easy to find.
envirodiver
06-20-2008, 10:03
my pocketknife
and oh yeah my boombox. Gotta have that for breakdancing around the fire.:banana:banana:banana
A camera, or a book.
Or one of these... these are always super-useful...
http://www.dhadm.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chuck-norris.jpg
the goat
06-20-2008, 14:10
very nice. i have one of these http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=11101&storeId=10001&productId=67963&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=15702&isFirearm=Y
this be mine:
http://www.smithwessonhandguns.com/item/72364_Smith__Wesson_Hand_Guns_Pistols_Smith__Wesso n_Model_40_Classic_Revolver__Double_A.aspx
musicwoman
06-20-2008, 14:53
I agree with Napster; HIS wife
DoughNut
LMAO!! Too funny!!:)
if you could only bring one thing...
OK, this is three things things, but;
my sweetheart, my sanity, and a marching band
file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/HP_ADM%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-6.jpghttp://www.guntechinc.com/Copy_of_Picture_028.jpg
i have been trying for 3 weeks to get my pictures not to show up as thumbnails and now i get this big sucker! whatever!
My ThermaRest Chair . . . weighs 4 oz. and when I put my Big Agnes Dual Core Mattress in it and sit down after a long day o' hikin' the therapeutic feeling to my lower back is absolutely heaven! :) Actually if I had to leave some of those basic essentials home in order to take this piece of gear, I would do it! ;)
boarstone
06-20-2008, 15:49
Camera. I love photography.
ditto on the camera, my SLR Cannon EOS IIE, wide angle lens and my 100-300mm lens.:D
I would bring a camera if that were the only "extra" I could bring.
Homer&Marje
06-20-2008, 16:28
My buck knife, 8 inch 3 sided blade, machete like but shorter, heavy duty only 13 oz w/ nylon sheath handle is wrapped in green nylon rope ( who doesn't need that) and it cuts block cheese like a dream. ( not insecure enough to need fire arms)
Homer&Marje
06-20-2008, 16:33
Red Bull is made from Chuck Norris Pee did you know that?
faarside
06-20-2008, 18:26
My Bible.
Happy Trails!
after food, tarp/hammock, and sleeping bag?
a knife.
of course my knife.(try cutting something whit a bullet:rolleyes: )
NorthCountryWoods
06-21-2008, 10:33
My buck knife, 8 inch 3 sided blade, machete like but shorter, heavy duty only 13 oz w/ nylon sheath handle is wrapped in green nylon rope ( who doesn't need that) and it cuts block cheese like a dream. ( not insecure enough to need fire arms)
Now that's funny. :D
SunnyWalker
06-27-2008, 23:58
La Biblia
7Sisters
06-28-2008, 06:10
My journal. I love to write at the end of the day. It's a great way to capture my thoughts and experiences.
....oh great...lets put some leggings on the dogs to protect them for the snakes, along with the packs they are forced to wear, sounds like total nonsense....but then again I meet this sort of idiocy every day.
****...wrong thread...I'm the idiot