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Tell us about things you need that aren't normally acceptably for long outings in the wilderness. My thing is a 12 oz double wall stainless steel cup. Doesn't matter if it's a quick out and back or if it's an overnighter far & high away likely to involve altitude sickness, I take it with me, I gotta have my tea and I need to take my goddam time drinking it without it getting cold. Probably doesn't match the weightless titanium pot the tea is made in very well. When sleeping system is not deployed. I keep the alcohol stove accessible so that if I encounter a stream I can make some teeeeee. 
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Dec 23, 2015 04:41
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Handgun. If Westerns taught me anything, it is that no bedroll is complete without a pistol in arm's reach.
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Dec 23, 2015 07:29
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Since I love hiking in the snow, I always have Ski gloves, some Low Gaiters to keep my pant legs dry, and ICETrekkers in my car. It snows in my state maybe once every 5 years....
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Dec 23, 2015 09:01
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Butch Cassidy posted:Handgun. If Westerns taught me anything, it is that no bedroll is complete without a pistol in arm's reach. To be fair a 44. Magnum will scare bears more than shouting or bear spray.
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Dec 23, 2015 12:27
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I take a little GPS thing "in case i get lost" but its really so i can sperg out with the data in google maps post-hike :nerd:
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Dec 29, 2015 18:07
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Barnyard Protein posted:I take a little GPS thing "in case i get lost" but its really so i can sperg out with the data in google maps post-hike :nerd: Which one, I wanna do the same.
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Dec 29, 2015 23:22
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"garmin foretrex 401" is so nice that i bought it twice. It doesn't have maps or anything, but you can do the normal setting of waypoints and stuff through the software, and download your tracks and display them on google maps.
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Dec 29, 2015 23:32
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Barnyard Protein posted:"garmin foretrex 401" is so nice that i bought it twice. It doesn't have maps or anything, but you can do the normal setting of waypoints and stuff through the software, and download your tracks and display them on google maps. Cool, thanks. My entire area is infested with deer so I spend a lot of time wandering down deer trails, it would be cool to make a little map of them.
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Dec 29, 2015 23:41
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My staff. I'd rather use a nice TRekk pole than 2 poles, better balance, and it swings easier in stride.
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Dec 30, 2015 00:26
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I always take my dog, he is a lazy little bastard and usually starts his fake-limp 30 minutes in. How do I know its fake? because it magically goes away when we turn around to head back to the trail head.
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Dec 30, 2015 00:28
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 Snowpeak Mini Hozuki. In deep summer when fire bans are on, the warm, natural light from this thing has done a great job of keeping spirits high. Every other lantern I've seen has been too bright, white LED light that everyone immediately wants turned off. Femtosecond fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Dec 30, 2015 |
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Dec 30, 2015 04:07
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This inflatable solar powered LED lamp also seems pretty cool for that if space and weight are at a premium. Pretty niche, but if you're in a sunny enough place it's provides good ambient lighting. Or so I hear. It's not the first thing on my 'nice to have' list but for 15 bucks I might throw it onto an upcoming amazon order.
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Dec 30, 2015 04:48
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its hard to go anywhere without my alienware 15" gaming laptop. its nice for watching dvds in my tent or playing a few steam games before going to sleep best thing is that you can replace the battery with a screwdriver. otherwise it only lasts about 4 hours on full graphics settings lol
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Dec 30, 2015 05:29
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Personal opinion here but IMHO you should leave the laptop at home. Let the stars be your laptop IMHO.
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Dec 30, 2015 05:41
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Barnyard Protein posted:I take a little GPS thing "in case i get lost" but its really so i can sperg out with the data in google maps post-hike :nerd: Me too, I use a Delorme inReach. Mine's even more useless because I don't sperg the data, I only carry it to make the wife more comfortable with me being far away. Another one from me, Swiss army watch, the band removed to work as a pocket-watch.
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Dec 31, 2015 07:10
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I tend to bring less and less every trip I go on. I've slimmed down a lot but I tend to still bring my lovely hammock that I never use on nearly every trip in hopes that one day I just kick back and relax for an afternoon ... but it never happens.
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Dec 31, 2015 07:34
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Get the gear! I really only bring wet wipes, my camera, off-spray, and a big bottle of water/water filter. Never used the survival water filter yet, I usually stop by places with pottable water if I find them.
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Jan 2, 2016 08:24
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In 2002 I drew a hand-face on a Wilson tennis ball for a cross-country road trip. He's been with me on longer outings ever since.
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Jan 3, 2016 02:40
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I have a travel journal. Yes, I'm that fag.
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Jan 4, 2016 03:16
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A solar charging panel for my three cameras.
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Jan 4, 2016 03:26
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Picnic Princess posted:A solar charging panel for my three cameras. Same.
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Jan 4, 2016 03:29
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VendaGoat posted:I have a travel journal. Yes, I'm that fag. That sounds legit. When I was in the boy scouts like 20 years ago they made us sit a mile apart from each other on a trail for 5 hours and just write down everything we saw. P cool way to appreciate nature imo.
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Jan 4, 2016 03:56
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Journals are awesome. I kept a daily journal when I was on field school and then travelling for 2 months total, I wrote down EVERYTHING because I had my laptop. The document is over 30,000 words and 54 pages long even though I never really finished the final two weeks.
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Jan 4, 2016 04:13
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i bring my camera and lenses which are made of brass and glass and steel, and weigh like 20 lbs and then my carbon fiber tripod which weighs like 5 lbs and then my light meters which weigh like 1 lb gotta have em
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Jan 9, 2016 07:08
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I like to bring a book. Reading by a fire is so nice.
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Jan 13, 2016 05:57
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nook glowlight. no internet means i can read nonfiction :/
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Jan 14, 2016 08:09
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VendaGoat posted:I have a travel journal. Yes, I'm that fag. One of the people I go rafting with has a trip journal. It's actually incredibly useful as she has detailed notes on what camps were good at what water levels, what rapids are washed out or bigger then normal and stuff like that.
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Jan 18, 2016 22:21
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Vimm posted:I like to bring a book. Reading by a fire is so nice. I like to bring a book. Starting a fire is so much easier.
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May 8, 2016 06:44
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sometimes i fill my backpack with rocks just to make life harder
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May 9, 2016 16:51
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Minimalist fly-fishing gear and a soprano uke.
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May 9, 2016 17:16
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black children posted:sometimes i fill my backpack with rocks just to make life harder This, but broken glass.
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May 9, 2016 18:40
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black children posted:sometimes i fill my backpack with rocks just to make life harder I've been going on grandma hikes lately with a friend who has a baby and is not fit, and I load a ton of heavy crap inside and use it as conditioning hikes for when I do real ones. I also collect rocks for my rock garden so I come back with a heavier pack than I started with.
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May 9, 2016 20:01
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I'd mention my 3.5 year old, but she's not useless  But yes, a good sweaty extra 35 lbs is nice to have sometimes.
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May 10, 2016 01:14
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my shriveled, pathetic penis
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May 10, 2016 06:24
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I bring an inflatable pillow. Yeah i could just use a sweater or something in a bag but drat it weights so little and it's so nice to have a nice firm pillow with neck support.
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May 10, 2016 08:51
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Garmann posted:I bring an inflatable pillow. Yeah i could just use a sweater or something in a bag but drat it weights so little and it's so nice to have a nice firm pillow with neck support. I've found that I sweat terribly when using mine unless I cover it with a couple cloth layers
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May 11, 2016 05:53
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I always have a first aid knife, a food knife, and a general purpose knife. That seems fine at first glance but it's really too many knives.
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May 13, 2016 02:12
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steve cardigan posted:too many knives. Haha good one.
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May 13, 2016 02:57
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steve cardigan posted:I always have a first aid knife, a food knife, and a general purpose knife. That seems fine at first glance but it's really too many knives. A first aid knife? What, do you just cut off the part that's bleeding? "If we go deep enough, there's no more blood! We just gotta get it all out first"
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hmm that's a nasty looking scrape better cut it out *flicks open knife*
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