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  • #2017493
    John Coyle
    Member

    @bigsac

    Locale: NorCal

    For me it's a pocket knife, specifically a small Swiss Army knife, the kind with the scissors, small blade, tooth pick and tweezers. After loosing several, I finally went the other way and purchased a rather large Swiss Army knife I refer to as "The Beast." Victorinox makes them for the German Army, and if it's good enough for them it's good enough for me. Yes it's "stupid heavy" but at least I haven't lost it yet. http://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-One-Hand-Trekker-German-Multi-Tool/dp/B001B197RE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377145807&sr=8-1&keywords=victorinox+german+army+knife

    #2017515
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    No wonder there's so much crap on the trails nowadays. You guys keep losing your crap on them!

    My wife always loses an earring. I lost a stake once.

    #2017540
    Mark Ries
    Spectator

    @mtmnmark

    Locale: IOWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

    2 swiss army knife classics one was lost by LOST lake in the winds the other I can't remember. Two photon freedom lights one at marms lake in the winds the other in ne Iowa The solution on losing knives was to tie a foot long piece of orange cord for better visability. I spent hours and hours looking for the knife at lost lake. What is worse than cleaning fish without a knife is the feeling I get thinking that somebody or some creature may have hurt them self on that knife that had the blade folded out as I had been cleaning fish. So if you are ever at lost lake in the wrr be careful, better yet maybe avoid the place entirely the trail getting there is bad the scenery horrible the fishing is terrible and if you don't cut your foot stepping on a blade you will definitly trip fall and cut your juggler on it.

    #2017571
    Jim H
    BPL Member

    @jraiderguy

    Locale: Bay Area

    I did an overnight trip a few weeks ago and on my way out saw a bandana, a headlamp, a doggie bootie, and a chapstick tube. I picked them up and tied them to a branch overhanging the trail. Thinking about it again maybe I should have carried it all out to the trailhead and set it there?

    #2017572
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    That's a tough one. I usually do the same thing and hang it off a tree or trail marker on the chance that I miscalculated their direction of travel.

    #2017627
    Sharon J.
    BPL Member

    @squark

    Locale: SF Bay area

    I lost a SpotLit, and found a pair of underwear. PM me if you're missing a small gray thong.

    #2017638
    Desert Dweller
    Member

    @drusilla

    Locale: Wild Wild West

    I always lose my mind. If you find it please return to: …………:-0 me!

    #2017643
    Adam Rothermich
    BPL Member

    @aroth87

    Locale: Missouri Ozarks

    I don't lose much on the trail. In fact, the only thing I recall losing in the last 8-10 years is a bag of tent stakes. I was car camping and remembered before I got far from the campground that they were at the base of a tree. Drove back and they were mysteriously gone. I didn't ask the group that was camped nearby if they had seen them.
    I'm more prone to forget to pack things than I am to lose them. I've had a few surprises, like not having a spork or compass. On my last trip I left my car at the end of the trail and shuttled with a friend to the other end only to realize that I'd left my trekking poles in my car. Luckily he uses poles too and was able to lend them to me in the evening to set up my tarp.

    Adam

    #2017670
    Sara Marchetti
    BPL Member

    @smarchet

    Socks, gaiters, spork, photon lights.

    #2017684
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    "I lost a SpotLit, and found a pair of underwear. PM me if you're missing a small gray thong."

    Thong's mine. I was wondering what happened to it. My bad.

    #2017714
    Sharon J.
    BPL Member

    @squark

    Locale: SF Bay area

    Seriously Ian? I thought only Nick and Justin wore cotton. A PacNW'er should know better!

    #2017788
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    "A PacNW'er should know better!"

    Life's like a razor. It's dull everywhere except right on the edge.

    'Tis a tale as old as time …. a man and his thong against the world.

    #2017793
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    That I can remember I have only lost two thin Ti stakes that came with my TiTri set-up.
    The sad part is that I did not need them anyway.
    As a habit, after I pack up I walk a few paces and then walk back to have a look.
    That way you see things from a different point of view and you know that you had a look.

    #2017796
    Daniel Pittman
    Spectator

    @pitsy

    Locale: Central Texas

    "I lost a SpotLit, and found a pair of underwear. PM me if you're missing a small gray thong."

    That's NASTY.

    #2017807
    Jake D
    BPL Member

    @jakedatc

    Locale: Bristol,RI

    rock climbing tends to instill a good habit of doing an idiot check or 3 before leaving an area. I don't think i've lost too much. I did find the nylon hat I use now (washed it well before using) and multiple stakes.

    #2017808
    alex hansen
    Member

    @holden425

    With so many of you losing tent stakes and titanium spoons, maybe you should check this thread about rainbow titanium stakes. Pretty awesome imo!

    #2017810
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    I haven't lost any stakes during daylight hours, but I can trip over them at night. So, I painted the top inch of my stakes with yellow luminous paint. Now they glow in the darkness.

    –B.G.–

    #2017822
    Worth Donaldson
    BPL Member

    @worth

    I lose a bottle about every 3 trips. I have been known to lose 2 bottles in a single trip. I now carry a 1 liter platy as a backup on all trips.

    #2017891
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    I lose temperature sensors – set them in the shade for 15 minutes to get good reading then forget about it.

    Left one at Ramona Falls, came back 5 minutes later when I remembered it but someone had taken it.

    Left one at Ozette and was 100 miles away when I remembered it – cost more to go back and get it

    Left one on my tire in the shade, forgot about it and ran over it.

    #2017903
    Tim Zen
    Spectator

    @asdzxc57

    Locale: MI

    >My wife always loses an earring. I lost a stake once.<<

    No one going to ask why you wear earrings while hiking?
    Are they multi-use?

    #2017906
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    I've asked her why she wears earrings while we're out. She says the holes will close on trips that are a week or longer. I dunno!

    #2017909
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    I don't lose things very often. But there was one incident that left me pretty embarassed. In 2006, I packed up my 4Runner to backpack a month each in Glacier and Yellowstone. The truck was loaded, with backups for all gear and clothing, extra sleeping bags, trekking poles, and 2 months worth of backpacking food and canister fuel. The Yakima roof box held the extra tents, bags, pads, canister fuel, backpacks, and campground stuff like a hand axe, Sven saw, tarps, and other things.

    In Glacier, I had a zero day between hikes, and I spent the afternoon cruising around the park. I noticed that lots of people I passed were pointing to me, waving, smiling, and yelling things I couldn't quite understand. Friendly tourists, I thought, so I just smiled and waved back. When I later parked at the visitor center, the guy next to me asked, "Do you know that your roof box is wide open?" Damn! My quick inventory revealed that I'd lost one sleeping bag, a self-inflating pad, a day pack, and a small bag of charcoal briquettes. I remembered that I hit a few rough spots in a construction zone, which must have popped open the poorly closed roof box. Funny that I didn't notice things flying around when I was driving. I felt pretty stupid about things that day.

    I have only lost a pair of sunglasses and a Spyderco folding knife since then. But a month ago, while returning to my Yellowstone trailhead, I took off the pack and placed it and my beloved BPL Stix trekking poles against the front bumper while I changed into comfy shoes. Then I put the pack into the roof box, fired up the truck and drove off. An hour later, I happened to get something out of the roof box, and I noticed that the Stix weren't where they were supposed to be. I'd forgotten to pack them up, and they were probably still on the ground back at the trailhead. Or, likely not. When I got back to the trailhead parking area, there was no sign of them. I asked a guy if he'd seen any stray trekking poles, and he politely said, "Like maybe those over there?" There they were! Apparently someone spotted them and moved them to a visible place where nobody would drive over them. My heart would have broken if I'd lost those poles, as they are not replaceable. But I guess I was having a good karma day.

    #2018321
    Tim Zen
    Spectator

    @asdzxc57

    Locale: MI

    >My wife always loses an earring. I lost a stake once.<<

    No one going to ask why you wear earrings while hiking?
    Are they multi-use?

    #2018328
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Some questions are best left unasked.

    We now have a no earring rule, self imposed. win,win.

    #2018397
    rowan !
    Member

    @romonster

    Locale: SF Bay Area

    I wear earrings while hiking because most of mine require tools and the assistance of another person to take them off. Some of them have been in place continuously for over 15 years. No danger of these getting lost, though!

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