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bwendel07
02-18-2011, 20:42
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.

10-K
02-18-2011, 20:46
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.

Something to read.

Hikes in Rain
02-18-2011, 20:47
I thought that was a necessity.

Luddite
02-18-2011, 20:47
I always have a book with me, no matter how heavy it is.

BTW, where is Niceville, FL?

theycallmej
02-18-2011, 21:06
A book is definitely a necessity! If you count that as a comfort/luxury item, then that would be mine. Aside from my moleskin (if that counts, seeing as it weighs so little) I don't have much in way of luxury items. I have only been on a few hikes though.

vamelungeon
02-18-2011, 21:14
Same here, something to read.

kayak karl
02-18-2011, 21:14
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.

mweinstone
02-18-2011, 21:14
miles of kite string.

gipcgirl
02-18-2011, 21:19
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.
A book is a necessity.
My one and only luxury item is dark nail polish, I hate seeing the dirt under my nails. Weird I know. Girls with long nails will understand this.

Llama Legs
02-18-2011, 21:21
my luxury is a pair of houndstooth slippers (actually Sanuks).

at Philmont we asked the same question about the "one-pound luxury", and one of the guides carried his own personal padded toilet seat.

dragoro
02-18-2011, 21:53
My star bucks coffee. I won't hike without it lol. Hence my trail name starbucks

Raul Perez
02-18-2011, 21:54
Usually my camera as I like to take videos and picture along my trip.

Usually I don't need a book I just either read the map/guide book or just lounge around in my hammock listening to the wilderness

Luddite
02-18-2011, 21:56
My star bucks coffee. I won't hike without it lol. Hence my trail name starbucks

You should bring a copy of Ya Basta: the years of the zapatista uprising instead. j/k:D

Hooch
02-18-2011, 21:58
My iPod and my pillow. :D

takethisbread
02-18-2011, 21:59
Weed!:banana

Luddite
02-18-2011, 22:00
Bananas :banana:banana:banana:banana

Ya need potassium

Blissful
02-18-2011, 22:13
I always bring my two cocoon pillows and my inflatable seat cushion.

wncgarrett
02-18-2011, 22:14
My pillow and crocs

Sarcasm the elf
02-18-2011, 22:22
Katadyn water filter instead of aqua mira.

Papa D
02-18-2011, 22:48
#1) I-Pod Mini and Charger - if I keep it OFF except for at night, I can go about 8 days on a charge

#2) a 1/2 liter size steel (or nalgene bottle) of Myers Spiced Rum
one mouthful makes a 20 mile day sooo sweet

map man
02-18-2011, 22:49
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
02-18-2011, 23:13
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
02-19-2011, 00:30
Pair of Binoculars for wildlife watching (really for birdwatching). Only thing here is I consider them a necessity!

Espero
02-19-2011, 02:17
Bacardi 151. Mix it with Gatorade to make a Fuzzy Leprechaun (or is that make a Leprechaun fuzzy).

crazystick
02-19-2011, 03:30
My dumbbells or my rock collection.

Hikes in Rain
02-19-2011, 08:59
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
02-19-2011, 09:15
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
02-19-2011, 11:06
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
02-19-2011, 11:10
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
02-19-2011, 12:37
ipod and a water pipe

rjhoffmann88
02-19-2011, 12:47
A travel size cribbage board and cards.

theeulogy
02-19-2011, 15:08
It is a camera for me. I have never taken a book, not a big book reader.

Diatribe
02-19-2011, 18:03
Weed!:banana

Grrrrrr-they're gonna get you:rolleyes:


My iPod and my pillow. :D

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
02-19-2011, 18:06
Katadyn water filter instead of aqua mira.

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

Skidsteer
02-19-2011, 18:14
Call me old school, but I don't bing luxury items.

I Google them.

Sly
02-19-2011, 18:35
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
02-19-2011, 21:48
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
02-19-2011, 22:11
Grrrrrr-they're gonna get you:rolleyes:



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
02-19-2011, 23:07
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
02-19-2011, 23:20
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.

dragoro
02-19-2011, 23:27
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.

That's exactly how I got my trail name, starbucks.

Sarcasm the elf
02-20-2011, 10:05
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.

I also bring my dog, if that counts as a luxury item. She weighs about 30 pounds, but with the compression stuffsack I bought I can get her down to just larger than a football and then she fits in my pack without a problem. :D

High Side
02-20-2011, 10:09
I lived in Niceville in 2001, it was great

As far as luxury items, I agree about the pillow