Heaviest unnecessary item you've carried on a long hike?
I've read people carrying water paddles, guitars, laptops etc... What's the most heaviest item you guys have taken on a long multi-week hike? Just curious to see what comes up.
i've never carried anything unnecessary
a large rock that became part of a yard after it made it to the truck
A toddler once - never again on a long hike.
I carried the new hard cover 2-pound Harry Potter book on a section hike in 2005.
If people spent less time being offended and more time actually living, we'd all be a whole lot happier!
Belly fat.
I met an ULer that picked up a feather once. Gave him a hernia. (just kidding)
I carried a horseshoe for 13 days on the JMT. It's hanging in my office.
alcohol, but some would argue if thats necessary or not.
On my first winter backpack, I carried a can of beenie weenies and a can of sardines. Doh! Winter hike and they were good, but I had to carry out the cans.
I sometimes carried multiple hardback books in my pack on my thru. There's not many book stores near the trail so it's hard finding good books to replace them so I'd carry enough books for a week or two. I also had bad luck with bounce boxes.
Everyone says they never read on the trail, but I liked taking zeros in the woods next to pretty places once it warmed up.
my big 4 weight about 6 1/2 lbs. .....gin, vermouth, olives and a shaker.Originally Posted by Bearpaw88
these are all necessary items. carried a tent once....couldn't justify the weight.
geek
About 3 pounds of gorp. I had about two handfulls and that was it.
If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.
I carried one of thse USELESS toaster things on first At hike and a cosmo... the guys lOVED the cosmo not so much the dumb toaster
How long was the extension cord on that toaster?
If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.
mmmmm geek, great martini's at springer this past new years....thank's
Peanuts (aka i.j.)
"A womans place its on the trail"
Well, there are folks out there who maintain that I pretty much "carried" Bfitz and Mountain Dew when we were hiking together, but calling these guys "unnecessary" might be overly harsh. Lemme think about it.
LOl.. hey, you teasing me ??...
Most of us are.
If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.
God I love sardines! I wish they'd sell them in pouches.
I imagine the smell of sardines wafting through the woods is as much of a siren song to a bear as it is for me
My Blackberry because my wife insisted that I call her on my section hike North of Damascus. Because it is an expensive item, I had to keep it bubblewrapped in one of those hard "pelican" type cases. This was a useless item as there is NO cell reception anywhere on this section but the worst part was stopping, unpacking it and attempting to make a call - waste of time/effort/caused me to stress that she would think something was wrong. I will not carry any type of electronics on the trail again.
Enough is OK, too much is just right.
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