10 Essentials...related

ck1 · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa

OK, we just learned about the updated essentials...here's a related question.

What's the least essential item you carry with you on a hike?
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mike · What box? Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134

A compass. I often carry one, though not as much as I used to. But, I've never had a true need to use it.
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plummer150 · Posted: 12/10/2003, 1:01 am Post subject: re:

For me, it would be sunscreen. Dont really use it and would rather have all the others than this item if it came down to it.
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Tom Treks · Gear Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3347

Probably Fod and Wter. Heard a rumor it tastes like chikin, but I've been too chikin to try it. I think to myself... myself I thinks... is it still in my pack? Hmmm. Maybe THAT'S where I stashed that perfectly good salmon a month or so ago...

Chin Scratching

Hikngrl · Posted: 12/10/2003, 5:32 am Post subject:

Nighthiker · Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1714

The permit for access.

Tom Treks · Gear Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3347

paintninaz · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 3515

My camera.

It's far from "essential" but I take it with me every time and I'd miss it if I didn't have pictures of every hike!
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matt gilbert · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 698 Location: Mesa

Binoculars, theyre heavy and don't get used much, but I don't go anywhere without them.

Daryl · Posted: 12/10/2003, 11:09 am Post subject:

A couple of you had packs bigger then a small car on the dutchman's hike. You know who you are and you should be chiming in here.

I have a 5'x7' emergecy tarp in my bag. it's basically a super, reusaeble space blanket. It folds down pretty good and it's not heavy but I've never used it. I also, sometimes, keep a 20' section of webbing in my pack. Never used it but I'm sure I'll need it some day.
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Hikngrl · Posted: 12/10/2003, 8:00 pm Post subject:

Hey don't you make fun of my 500 lb pack! One of these days it or something in it will save your life!!!!

Lets see... least essential....My leatherman tool.... I have never used it and it weighs far more than what I need to carry but I am just certain one day I will need the pliars or the knife of the screwdriver or the.....
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ck1 · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa

Hikngrl · Posted: 12/10/2003, 8:35 pm Post subject:

I thought I would use it a lot but I don't. I am pretty sure I have never used it... which I gotta tell ya I find pretty disappointing.... Kinda like the head lamp I bought a couple of weeks ago just in case we were out playing after dark on the lost dutchman hike... never got to use that either.... But it was a darn good reason to buy one! Very Happy

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plummer150 · Posted: 12/10/2003, 8:48 pm Post subject: re:

mike · What box? Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134