I try to keep my car key, cash, and DL on my person at all times. If the pack gets appropriated because I didn't carry bear spray, I can still get home.
Lost in the right direction.
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Grinder wrote:
29 pages of wisdom from this lot? What are you using, font size 72?
TrafficJam wrote:
I cut a 20 oz. soda bottle in half and carry my water filter and rolled up water bag in it. I use the soda bottle for a water scoop (tip from the Sawyer squeeze thread).
TrafficJam wrote:
I put my wet clothes under my sleeping mat at night (I think I got that tip from mountain mike?).
Question; If I upgrade to a down sleeping pad, can I still do this?
TrafficJam wrote:
I cut a 20 oz. soda bottle in half and carry my water filter and rolled up water bag in it. I use the soda bottle for a water scoop (tip from the Sawyer squeeze thread).
Grinder wrote:
29 pages of wisdom from this lot? What are you using, font size 72?
TrafficJam wrote:
Any tips on getting my Leatherman tool to open easier?
hikerboy wrote:
AnotherKevin wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
Birchbark, I scrape up a bunch of fiber from the resinous inner bark into a ball of fuzz with my knife, and then strike a spark into it.
Fritos ... I don't know.
AnotherKevin wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
Birchbark, I scrape up a bunch of fiber from the resinous inner bark into a ball of fuzz with my knife, and then strike a spark into it.
Fritos ... I don't know.
hikerboy wrote:
just crumble them into dust- theyll take a spark, theyre loaded with oil
hikerboy wrote:
AnotherKevin wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
Birchbark, I scrape up a bunch of fiber from the resinous inner bark into a ball of fuzz with my knife, and then strike a spark into it.
Fritos ... I don't know.
just crumble them into dust- theyll take a spark, theyre loaded with oil
TrafficJam wrote:
Any tips on getting my Leatherman tool to open easier?
Grinder wrote:
Potato chips also work well as a fire starter. The good greasy kind, none of that healthy mess. Lays was specifically mentioned in an arson investigation class I took years ago.
OzJacko wrote:
I always hike with alcohol (methylated spirits here) and a lighter. Hate Fritos, never have 'em.
We don't have silver birch either.
(With alcohol, everything is potential tinder)
OzJacko wrote:
I always hike with alcohol (methylated spirits here) and a lighter. Hate Fritos, never have 'em.
We don't have silver birch either.
(With alcohol, everything is potential tinder)
Foresight wrote:
OzJacko wrote:
I always hike with alcohol (methylated spirits here) and a lighter. Hate Fritos, never have 'em.
We don't have silver birch either.
(With alcohol, everything is potential tinder)
I don't carry tampons, but they're a damn good pressure dressing. The point being, it's a good thing to know in case you're sitting there with your buddy freezing to death while he's munching on fritos. Now that you know, you can punch him in the face, take his fritos and start a fire then bum a tampon to shove up his nose to stop the bleeding.
Grinder wrote:
Maybe even light the tampon before shoving it up his nose. Cauterize and all that.
jimmyjam wrote:
Use a 2ft x 2ft scrap of tyvek for a doormat to your tent. Keep it folded up in an outside pocket of your pack so you can pull it out on breaks to sit on or put your stuff on it. Fold it to a 1ft x 1ft square and write in big letters "HIKER TO TOWN" on one side and "HIKER TO TRAIL" on the other for hitchhiking.
Drybones wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
Use a 2ft x 2ft scrap of tyvek for a doormat to your tent. Keep it folded up in an outside pocket of your pack so you can pull it out on breaks to sit on or put your stuff on it. Fold it to a 1ft x 1ft square and write in big letters "HIKER TO TOWN" on one side and "HIKER TO TRAIL" on the other for hitchhiking.
I use a 3 x 5 pc of Tyvek so it's large enough to sit on while eating and I put all my gear from my pack on it while setting up and taking down...keeps me from losing stuff in the leaves.
Grinder wrote:
Maybe even light the tampon before shoving it up his nose. Cauterize and all that.
WanderingStovie wrote:
Drybones wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
Use a 2ft x 2ft scrap of tyvek for a doormat to your tent. Keep it folded up in an outside pocket of your pack so you can pull it out on breaks to sit on or put your stuff on it. Fold it to a 1ft x 1ft square and write in big letters "HIKER TO TOWN" on one side and "HIKER TO TRAIL" on the other for hitchhiking.
I use a 3 x 5 pc of Tyvek so it's large enough to sit on while eating and I put all my gear from my pack on it while setting up and taking down...keeps me from losing stuff in the leaves.
I guess size matters.
Drybones wrote:
I use a 3 x 5 pc of Tyvek so it's large enough to sit on while eating and I put all my gear from my pack on it while setting up and taking down...keeps me from losing stuff in the leaves.
max.patch wrote:
Drybones wrote:
I use a 3 x 5 pc of Tyvek so it's large enough to sit on while eating and I put all my gear from my pack on it while setting up and taking down...keeps me from losing stuff in the leaves.
i've never lost anything (that i know of), but i like this idea.
Grinder wrote:
Maybe even light the tampon before shoving it up his nose. Cauterize and all that.
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