Equipment Organization

Shihiyea · Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Posts: 1135

And where do you live Matt? I'm coming shopping! It looks like a store! Hiking

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paintninaz · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 3515

roger · Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 262 Location: phoenix

Matt,

You are WAY to organized. You know that is a tell tale sign of a sick mind. Chuckle

roger
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matt gilbert · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 698 Location: Mesa

Funny thing is...

Everything else I do is WILDLY unorganized, you should see my file cabinet...

Thanks though, it's taken a long time to get to this point, and a lot of lost gear.
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Arizonaheat · Posted: 9/28/2004, 2:40 pm Post subject:

Looks good Matt
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Someplace under all the stuff in my guest bedroom there's a king size bed......I think Rolling Eyes

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BoyNhisDog · Posted: 9/28/2004, 3:30 pm Post subject:

I like it Matt. I can tell you care for your things well.

As for hiking clothes, I wear the same kind of clothes I would hike in to work and around the house. That keeps things simple. I only shop at one store, The Summit Hut for all my clothes and gear unless they don't have something. Then I go online but that is rare. I like to hike and do photography but I'm not much of a shopper. Mr. Green

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desertgirl · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ

Matt -- awesome....

Wish I was that organized with pretty much anything in life & I'd be ahead!
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Hikngrl · Posted: 9/29/2004, 5:12 am Post subject:

Now that's impressive! Ihope I can make my gear room look any where half as good as that!
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DesertRoux · Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 397 Location: Scottsdale

Wow, it looks just like a camping store. Nice job Matt.

I use bins for most of my gear. My sleping bag and tent I store uncompressed in my closet. The binned gear is on some shelves in my garage.

jim_the_hiker · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 44

I use bins as well. Some are clear so I can see the contents. The other bins are labeled for day hikes, backpacking or car camping. Therm-a-rest and sleeping bags are uncompressed and in the guest bedroom closet Wink

Trishness · Posted: 9/29/2004, 6:17 pm Post subject:

I prefer the bin method and have them organized by backpacking stuff/day hiking stuff. I found an oversized bin that fits under the bed and store my sleeping bag and thermarest (unrolled) in that with cedar blocks.

What I really like are the smaller "stowaways" by Sterlite to stash all the little stuff like headlamps, flashlites etc that I always seem to be searching for. I keep all this little stuff in ditty bags.

Here's two tips for y'all: Instead of spending $3.99 or more for ditty bags, make your own. You can get that material at a number of fabric stores and sew one up in about 15 minutes OR look for those intimatewear wash bags....they're made of a mesh material. They double nicely as a ditty bag. I've seen them at Walgreens for 99 cents.

Matt~~~~your storage systems looks GREAT! Wish I had the room for something like that.

Mr. Green

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pfredricks · Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 347 Location: Peoria, AZ

no, no, no Matt-

You have it all wrong. You could find virtually all your gear in minutes with a system like that. That is no fun. What about the gear "treasure hunt" that can be so fun before a hike? You know, where you run around playing "where the heck is my ....*&^%$# headlamp." You just cant have that if your gear is that organized. What about the gear "cache?" Remember how fun it was to find that gear you bought last year, but misplaced.....errr cached?
Pretty soon, you are gonna tell me that you check the batteries in your GPS before you go hiking. Some people are just so anal.

No, Matt, you are just not going to have the same pre-hike excitement with a system like you have.

I suggest that you have moved from the hiking stage of outdoorism......to the "nesting" stage, where gear purchasing and organization has become more important than the hike. Dont fall into the sickness.....the one who dies with the most organized gear.............doesnt win(necessarily). Pegboard is a sickness into itself. Let me be honest here, it almost got my dad in his tool shop. We did an intervention...he got better and hopefully with a little time.......all I can say is....maybe just talk to a professional. The rest of you are what could be referred to as "enablers" Please dont encourage him.

Lest there is any doubt. What I just said was a huge bunch of "porridge"
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matt gilbert · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 698 Location: Mesa

Geeze pete, I never thought about it like that before...

Maybe there's some kind of 12-step program?

Hi, my name is Matt and I'm a peg-boardaholic.
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maryphyl · Posted: 9/30/2004, 2:45 pm Post subject:

Great looking setup but methinks it might have to be dusted--I hate to dust if I don't have to.

I keep my gear here and there filed neatly in my head. In the kitchen you will find our spoons in a drawer, some dry food in a cupboard and some in the freezer. In the coat closet there are cardboard boxes on the floor with freeze dried stuff. In the junk closet downstairs reside the tents (rolled up) and water bottles live there too. In the space in the heater closet are backpacks. In another closet in the laundry room are sleeping bags in their puffy sacks and below those are thermarests and two boxes of less used things. In a dresser in the den are all of the small things like cooking stuff and first aid. I know where everything is and I would be afraid to move any of it.
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