This evening a friend of mine calls and says, "Let's go to REI". So we go and look around. As we do so, it occurs to me that there is absolutely nothing there that I need. We're talking about this as we walk around the store and agree that the longer you've been hiking, the less gear you need to keep continually buying and upgrading once you have your setup dialed in the way you like it. Anyone else think this way? Comments? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?