Dumbest thing you ever carried

Heh. Sounds inventive.

I never was much of a LARPer, though, and most of my back country trips are to get AWAY from social interaction. So, probably not my cup of tea.

I hope that it goes well for you, though!

What on earth are we discussing?

Hi Nick

> What on earth are we discussing?
RPG: Rocket Propelled Grenade

Cheers

I thought of that, but RPG doesn't seem to fit the discussion. Oh well, I am still trying to figure out why people text.What do I know?

Of course it fits Nick! How else do you combat the coming drone scourge?

RPG – role playing game.
Like dungeons and dragons.

Nick, I thought your item was going to be a pen.

Roger, lol,RPG, lol.

While RPGs may show up in RPGs, I don't (and probably never will unless trapped in a 20th Century Fox film with Mr. Universe himself) recommend bringing rocket propelled grenades on the trail with you…an imagination (like the ones on display here), on the other hand…

;)

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"..while doing his EE homework and studying."

TIm's giving us homework?

(couldn't resist)

Fear (terror is probably more like it) of the dark while in the woods.

Good one Jim haha! Took me a while to get rid of that.

Very funny thread, i've laughed a lot!

A Lafuma technical 'day' pack. I was attracted by the allure of the foreign brand & natty features to attach ski's, shovels etc. I was young & unwise. Pack probably weighed about 2-3lbs. Thing was it was at the start of a 14 day backpack in the high Pyrenees & I was already carrying around 60lbs as we didn't intend to do much resupply enroute & my Mrs at the time couldn't carry much. I had to strap the new Lafuma under the lid of my pack.

A credit card balance.

21 units one semester – Reactor Design, Fluid Dynamics, Multi-Var Calc, Physical Chemistry, Material Science, and Technical Writing.

@Doug
I'm 35 and have never had a credit card or any other form of debt outside of student loan. My mother keeps insisting that I get a credit card to "build my credit" but I dismiss it as it just seems like I have to pay them money (in the form of interest) to gain this magical credit. I'm glad when I see posts like yours, as it reminds me of how nasty a trap that credit cards can become.

Dumbest thing I ever carried? Did a day hike with NO water on a mountain I had not hiked before. My realization of the fact that it had a false summit was a major low blow. By the time I got back I was seriously dehydrated and had a racing heart and some early signs of heat stroke.
Lesson learned.

" seems like I have to pay them money (in the form of interest) to gain this magical credit."

Not really, if you get a good card and manage it correctly.

I have only one credit card and I've never had an outstanding balance, month to month. I've never paid them one cent of interest, and I use the credit card purely as a convenience for online transactions. I never use it for over-the-counter transactions. Green cash works for that. The credit card company keeps wanting to increase my credit limit, but I don't need that.

If I go out solo backpacking for 4-6 days, I carry a small amount of cash, one credit card, driver's license, and a health plan card. All of that is for an emergency that never seems to arise.

–B.G.–

This "ultralight" spoon that my dad made me for my birthday (it was worth the laughs when I pulled it out for dinner the first night):

Well, that and the six pack of bottled Heineken I carried to the summit of Mt. Whitney (also worth it).

""..while doing his EE homework and studying."

Tim's giving us homework? "

There's a quiz coming up in January. Most of the times I've brought a tripod for the camera, I've regretted it. During my first mountain trip though (camp around 10,500 feet)), two of my brothers brought a pound of gummy bears.

Each.

They haven't made that mistake again.

Volume II.2 of Barth’s Church Dogmatics, just a few weeks ago.

I had a paper due. It was either that, or don’t go backpacking. Easy decision.

In 1965 for my first overnight Scout hike, my father came up with a Trapper Nelson pack, a flannel lined sleeping bag and an army surplus air mattress that must have been Korean War vintage. I thought I was gonna die about a mile up the switchbacks to Lake Snoqualmie.

I had a WWII vintage stainless steel mess kit too.

We tried to cook chicken in the coals of our campfire. It's a wonder we didn't get food poisoning. I'm sure I was wearing cotton everything.

Dale, as a former Scout you probably also remember carrying this stuff:

Dutch oven for cooking cornbread

Carried but certainly never used

U B COOL

Can't beat that old-school mildew smell

Projectile Ralphing

Back when I hung my food, I once carried out a stuff sack that still had the rock I put inside to counterbalance the other food bag.

HA UL spoon is awesome.. might have to make one for my dad

35lbs of 'bonus flab' on my person.

Dropped that- now it's like I'm not even carrying a pack… Kinda