Your Top 3 Pieces of Gear

“Okay, so what are the three favorite pieces of gear you own? You know, the ones that still make you feel all giddy whenever you look at them, regardless of how long you've had them. Or maybe you just got it, and it rocks so much you can't believe how you ever did without it.

Mine are:

1. Primus Yellowstone stove - ultralight, have had it for years, cooks fast, and it was cheap, and it's great!

2. PUR Hiker waterfilter - Also had it for years, and never get tired of drinking from a cool mountain stream.

3. Komperdell trekking poles - purchased thanks to the wise advise from many on TT. Have only had them a short time, but can already tell hiking won't be the same without them.”

“good thread!

1. Walrus Trekker Tarp - thunderstorm? bring it on, it's the only tent that you can watch the whole thing and still stay dry.

2. Crazy Creek Camp Chair - There is nothing like back support after a long day on the trail, and this little number delivers.

3. MSR Overland Hiking Poles - They help distribute the load, keep you balanced, and, at the end of the day, can be sued as tent/tarp/awning poles.”

“Osprey Pack
Integral Designs MK1 XL
MSR Pocket Rocket”

“1.Gregory Shasta - not the lightest, but it fits like a glove and makes a big load bearable.

2. Komperdell treking poles - my wife purchased them a number of years ago when my knees started to go. Now, I don't know how I ever did without them.

3. Garmin Summit GPS - not a neccessity, but it has led me to lots of off-trail experiences I never would have enjoyed otherwise. A toy, but a useful toy when utilized properly.”

“Shoes
Dog
Vehicle”

“1. My Leli poles..I don't leave home without them.

2. Kiva tent, for summer and winter

3. My Westeren Mountaineering Big Horn Super DL , I can't wait for winter, just so I can use it again.”

“1) Montrail boots

2) Aurora headlamp

3) Pocket Rocket stove”

“Boots
Pack
Walking staff made of Osage Orange”

“Saloman Backcountry Classic 8 Boots

Dana Designs Bighorn Backpack

MSR Whisperlite stove.”

“1) Kelty Trekker backpack

2) Hand made sourwood hiking staff

3) Camp chair”

“1) Left boot.

2) Right boot.

3) Raingear ("Hypothermia is a b!tch, then you die").


All else is FLUFF, LOL”

“1) Swiss Army knife

2) Superfeet custom insoles

3) MSR hydration bladder







I should stop now, shouldn't I?”

“aurora headlight

pocket rocket

swisstool”

“Not until you get to your thirty-third list of three.”

“1)My Ruger

2)Kodiak Hat

3)Columbia Jacket”

“I like my:

1. Integral Designs MK1 Lite Tent
2. Lowa Arko Boots
3. Black Diamond Trekking Pole

If I can save up for that new zero degree sleeping bag I know it'll be on the list. I'm not sure if I want a Western Mountaineering or Integral Designs down bag.”

“Leki Poles
Pur Filter
Tikka Headlamp”

“1. Full size thermarest pad
2. Walrus tent
3. Aurora headlamp”

“1. 12oz bottle of Maker's Mark
2. Coleman nalgene knockoff full of cigars
3. Who cares?”

“1. Hennessy Hammock

2. Moonbow Gearskin

3. Homemade alcohol stove (thanks Buddur)”

“bitpusher certainly has his priorities in order”

“other wise it will destroy my summer.

Logic leads me to say my Raichle mountain boots, my Slumberjack sleeping bag and my Eureka Sentinel expedition tent.

BUT...

I love my ice axe, I put it on my coffee table and gaze at it and fondle it during the off season (I live alone, right?). My pack is an internal frame Karrimor (UK), 75 litre (4 500 cu.in); I bought at EMS in 1980 and it's still going strong - if form follows function it is truly a work of art. Next are my crampons, sometimes they wake me up in the middle of the night because I hear them growing dull and I get up and take a file to them.

Or maybe it's my brand new malemenopausesecondchildhoodemptynester Jeep Wrangler and my Buck 119 hanging from the shifter and my Steiner binoculars swinging from the oh$hit handle.

HMMMMMM...

Might just be my skis that I got for 5$ at a garage sale with the 500$ AT bindings and my new plastic boots.

Or maybe ARGH THAT'S ENOUGH - HELP ME - OH GOD HELP ME

SECONDCHILDHOODSECONDCHILDHOOD BLUBBER...”

“1. Cobra tent- dry and light.
2. Marmot down bag- warm and light.
3. Petzl Micro- light and light.

So there is something to this whole go-lite thing!!”

“Take the gear threads elsewhere, losers!!! This is a gun-sex-pledge of allegiance-jello site, by gawd!”

“Stephenson's Warmlite Tent
Slinglight Chair
Patagonia 4R Jacket (if this isn't gear, then my new Leatherman Micra)”

“Vaude Tour 60 (from Telemark Pyrenees in France.....nice people).....good back ventilation.

Primus Yellowstone stove

Sven Saw”

“Sorry, Kleetn.”

“I don't have much stuff, but this is what I like:

1)my sleeping bag ('cause it's pink)

2)my Patagonia fleece (which I had long before I had interest in bping)

3) my little cook set ('cause it's cute)”

“2 hard to pick just 3.

1)Zipka
2)Thermarest 3/4 LE
3)aluminum tripod stool.”

“newgirl, you didn't include your pack. it was sexy, remember?!!”

“Vasque Sundowner boots
EMS pack with detachable pocket/day pack
Komperdell trekking poles just purchased (same comment as Artex, Thanks guys!)”

“I didn't think I was supposed to count borrowed gear, but if I can then I like my pack and tent!”

“1. Brain
2. Left boot
3. Right boot

What else do you need?”

“mosquito headnet
Walrus Zoid 1.0 tent
digital camera”

“So, UP, just been going with the boots only these days, huh?”

“SnowNymph-
I've seen you post about your chair before......"....two things I always bring...the big camera and the chair..."

My back would love to have a chair and those therma rest chairs don't work for me....too tall.

Slinglight, huh?
What and where?”

“Tom Terrific's favorite pieces of gear: All the things he didn't have that day up on Roaring Plains!”

“No dear boy, Ole Sven helped me build and maintain that fire of wet green spruce........and a bit of gasoline too.

Now I use Olesen.......get it?”

“Nope; feeling dense today.”

“Man, I forgot about my chair (Crazy Creek)...

Kinda slip that one in between 1 and 2”

“...are we gonna get in trouble for actually doing a thread on back packing......”

“Well, maybe it should be Svensen.

Ole is a fitting name, but I suppose Sven is proper.

Old Sven has been retired......$hit, he's old and bent.”

“Old and bent doesn't matter. Just tighten the thumb screw and Ol Sven is as good as new.”

“Yer danm right we're gonna get in trouble!

Well, old Sven is still as sharp as ever, like our buddy bacpac.

But he cuts to the right, like our buddy bacpac, and the blade gets bound up.”

“1) A banana
2) A monkeygirl
3) Something shiny”

“No B O B 's for the women?”

“why are you cutting down "green" spruce? Practicing No Trace Camping.”

“Let's see...

1. My swiss army knife
2. My fleece hat/tube that my wife made
3. My trekking poles. They really do help.”

“Phaedrus, don't forget your alternate personality.”

“"SnowNymph-
I've seen you post about your chair before......"....two things I always bring...the big camera and the chair..."

My back would love to have a chair and those therma rest chairs don't work for me....too tall.

Slinglight, huh?
What and where?"
Tom Terrific
11:08:55 AM
06/27/02


Maybe I was too quick to answer. The Canon Rebel 2000 has to be in the top 3. When we're visited by bears, I grab the boots and the camera. SnowDude claims I've just about run him over trying to get out to get that picture.

The chair is a Slinglite. I heard they don't make them anymore, but I can check A-16 in LA if anyone is interested (~$100)

Info:
Freeform Research & Development
1539 Monrovia Ave. Unit 23
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949)646-3217

Navi-guesser had a thermarest chair last weekend that had a high back. Navi????”