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all you thru-hikers make sure you don't forget your Ultralite Chopsticks. Essential gear for those AYCE Chinese buffets along the trail. And Backcountry Edge has the Snowpeak Carry-On Chopstick set on sale right now for only $25.95 !
http://www.backcountryedge.com/snow_peak-carry-on-chopsticks.aspx
http://www.backcountryedge.com/images/PRODUCT/large/snow_peak-carry-on-chopsticks.jpg
coach lou
06-05-2012, 20:46
all you thru-hikers make sure you don't forget your Ultralite Chopsticks. Essential gear for those AYCE Chinese buffets along the trail. And Backcountry Edge has the Snowpeak Carry-On Chopstick set on sale right now for only $25.95 !
http://www.backcountryedge.com/snow_peak-carry-on-chopsticks.aspx
http://www.backcountryedge.com/images/PRODUCT/large/snow_peak-carry-on-chopsticks.jpg
I own this very set, they stay in the fish car.
Lone Wolf
06-05-2012, 20:48
all you thru-hikers make sure you don't forget your Ultralite Chopsticks. Essential gear for those AYCE Chinese buffets along the trail. And Backcountry Edge has the Snowpeak Carry-On Chopstick set on sale right now for only $25.95 !
http://www.backcountryedge.com/snow_peak-carry-on-chopsticks.aspx
http://www.backcountryedge.com/images/PRODUCT/large/snow_peak-carry-on-chopsticks.jpg
useless gear. spoons are the way to go at buffets
atmilkman
06-05-2012, 20:51
useless gear. spoons are the way to go at buffets
I'm looking for something closer to a shovel.
coach lou
06-05-2012, 20:52
useless gear. spoons are the way to go at buffets
Come on Wolf, didn't you go to the Sobe truck in Oki?
Lone Wolf
06-05-2012, 20:54
Come on Wolf, didn't you go to the Sobe truck in Oki?
ya but i never ate with freakin' sticks. i don't walk with them either
coach lou
06-05-2012, 20:58
ya but i never ate with freakin' sticks. i don't walk with them either
Somebody told me you got bells in your beard!
wolf brought up a good point..... they can be used as hiking poles by midget thru hikers
mtnkngxt
06-06-2012, 05:41
Don't hike with them, but I do keep a set in the vehicle. Sushi is my guilty pleasure and I partake a couple nights a month.
hikerboy57
06-06-2012, 07:43
Good firestarter.lousy eating utensil.
kayak karl
06-06-2012, 07:51
Good firestarter.lousy eating utensil.
tell 1.5 billion people that :D
coach lou
06-06-2012, 07:54
tell 1.5 billion people that :D
My year in Japan, I did not see alot of obese people!
Velvet Gooch
06-06-2012, 07:56
No. My sticks have either tines or a small, shallow bowl at one end. Sometimes both
hikerboy57
06-06-2012, 08:05
tell 1.5 billion people that :D
Wait umtil they fimd out anout sporks
Gray Blazer
06-06-2012, 09:16
Heck, with all that spare time you can whittle yourself a pair.
kayak karl
06-06-2012, 09:21
Wait umtil they fimd out anout sporks
when they do i'm openning up "Sporks-R-Us" franchises :)
It's crap like this that adds up and causes people to arrive on Springer Mountain with a 65 lb pack.
I forgot a fork or spoon on a weekend trip once. Made a pair of chopsticks out of a couple of twigs, and they worked just fine for most things.
While the ones shown are of little value to backpackers, wooden chopsticks work well in cold weather. No cold metal to freeze to your lips.
Or, you may prefer a plastic spoon, but the wooden chopsticks are probably cheaper.
Minnitonka
06-07-2012, 21:36
Tooth picks for the bears, to pick you out of their teeth after they eat you.....
Just kidding , I know most bears run from humans. :clap
Odd Man Out
06-07-2012, 23:03
I have lacquered chop sticks I bought in Japan in 1971. UL and a piece of art. Don't take them hiking though I suspect that every Chinese restaurants will have disposable chops sticks they will give you. But they aren't nearly as pretty as mine!
pervy_sage
06-08-2012, 07:06
Yer not a true UL hiker unless you cook your food in a vapor-gear noseem 0.001 oz cook pot and eat your food out of a origami folded maple leaf with your bare hands.
Montana AT05
06-09-2012, 10:26
A true ultra lighter does even carry food, it's heavy.
And a true Environmentalist doesn't exhale, it's CO2.
max patch
06-09-2012, 11:59
Chopsticks contribute to the spread of Hep A and B. No thanks.
Odd Man Out
06-09-2012, 17:11
Chopsticks contribute to the spread of Hep A and B. No thanks.
???????????
coach lou
06-09-2012, 17:24
Chopsticks contribute to the spread of Hep A and B. No thanks.
Max, you can't just leave us hangin' like that.........
Chopsticks contribute to the spread of Hep A and B. No thanks.
???????????
Max, you can't just leave us hangin' like that.........
Yeah, I think that's something that deserves a little more elaboration.
Mountain Mike
06-09-2012, 18:22
He must use them as little spears in the night on shelter mice.
kayak karl
06-09-2012, 18:47
Eating with chopsticks, which were first used around 2,000 BC, provided the unintended benefit of preventing illnesses by interrupting the hand-to-mouth transmission of germs.
Odd Man Out
06-09-2012, 21:39
I suppose you could always whittle some chopsticks on the trail. Anyone try that? It's not like its hard to find sticks.
If you whittle some good clean bit of virgin timber it's probably free of Hep A and Hep B.
kayak karl
06-09-2012, 21:53
carve a fork while your at it..
http://www.instructables.com/image/FCI4QEXGDIKF0WY/Campfire-Toasting-Fork.jpg
Every Chineese Buffet I have ever been in has fresh clean wooden chopsticks. Why would I want to carry my own personal pair, I just don't get it. :confused:
rocketsocks
06-09-2012, 23:33
I guess if you really wanna bring chop sticks,and your trying to save weight,you could only bring one.
Odd Man Out
06-10-2012, 12:59
I guess if you really wanna bring chop sticks,and your trying to save weight,you could only bring one.
That's what Skurka calls "stupid light" in his book.
Velvet Gooch
06-10-2012, 14:03
Naw. If you show up at an AYCE buffet without your orange backpackers trowel, you're just a wannabe. That's what it's really for
Odd Man Out
06-10-2012, 17:13
Naw. If you show up at an AYCE buffet without your orange backpackers trowel, you're just a wannabe. That's what it's really for
Now THAT'S how you spread Hep A and B!
hikerboy57
06-10-2012, 17:22
Every Chineese Buffet I have ever been in has fresh clean wooden chopsticks. Why would I want to carry my own personal pair, I just don't get it. :confused:
!doesnt quite make thesame statement as fancy lacqered stupid sticks
max patch
06-10-2012, 17:41
I may have misspoke on Hep B, but it is estimated that 90% of all Hep A cases in China are caused by chopsticks.
Not chopsticks per se, of course, but the way chopsticks are used. Chopsticks are placed in the mouth, and are later placed in the communal serving bowl. If someone at the table has Hep A then you have the potential transmission. Hep A can be transmitted a couple weeks before one has symptoms.
So don't use chopsticks. And don't double dip that chip!
jump start
06-17-2012, 16:03
My 12 year old son has eaten with chopsticks on the trail since he was 6. He whittles them himself (from dead wood) just about every trip, takes about 46 seconds. Oatmeal is a bitch though.
theinfamousj
06-24-2012, 21:25
I forgot a fork or spoon on a weekend trip once. Made a pair of chopsticks out of a couple of twigs, and they worked just fine for most things.
Me too! When I whittled myself the chopsticks I suddenly had a "duh moment" as I realized this is very likely where the first pair of chopsticks came from: someone unprepared for the challenges of eating ramen noodles. :p
theinfamousj
06-24-2012, 21:30
I may have misspoke on Hep B, but it is estimated that 90% of all Hep A cases in China are caused by chopsticks.
Not chopsticks per se, of course, but the way chopsticks are used. Chopsticks are placed in the mouth, and are later placed in the communal serving bowl. If someone at the table has Hep A then you have the potential transmission. Hep A can be transmitted a couple weeks before one has symptoms.
So don't use chopsticks. And don't double dip that chip!
Not for nothing, but I feel that this is a case of correlation not being the same as causation. If the people ate the same way (from a communal serving bowl) but used forks, the forks wouldn't be causing the spread of Hep A any more than the chopsticks are. What spreads Hep A is the same thing that spreads trail runs: people putting their germs into a communal food source rather than taking their portion in a hygienic manner and eating it individually.