Damn! I forgot the __________!

“Was looking for the thread I started years ago about this but couldn’t find it. So we have a nice clean fresh thread to out ourselves on.

The Smokie Mountain Thread about someone forgetting their sleeping bag warmed my heart and took my mind to trips passed. It is very refreshing to know I’m not the only one that does this type of thing. Here’s my list:

Spoon- I’ve eaten many a meals with sapling chop sticks.

ThermaRest- The very first time I was to use this I forgot it. Spent the night sleeping on a lawn and leaf bag cut open as a ground cloth.

Boots- This is how I got into wearing running shoes. I did a whole weekend in a pair of suede Air Walk skater shoes. They were great.

Non-cotton socks- All I had was the cotton pair I wore to the trailhead. Did 28 miles in the first day in them and was fine.

All of my clothes- Yes, I left all my clothes at home for the big winter Schoolhouse get together. Luckily we were staying in the schoolhouse. I had to run to WalMart 20 miles away and put together a cheap wardrobe.

Hiking staff or trekkers- It was kind of liberating to hike all weekend with nothing in my hands.


My general packing rule is to put everything ion the pack I need and then turn around because I just KNOW there's something behind me that's gotta go in there.”

“Hello, Dumbass!
:]”

“Rainfly
Water bottles
Coffee filters

Probably a lot more that I can't remember off the top of my head, speaking of which, ...”

“I make a list and check it three times. Everything goes on the list. Everything gets a checkmark when it goes into the stuff, the stuff gets another mark when it goes into the pack, the pack and other large items get marks when they go into the truck.

I still forget stuff sometimes.”

“This isn't hiking, but I drove over half way to a mountain with my telescope and realized that I left the eyepieces at home. 45 minute roundtrip turned into 1 1/2 hrs.”

“on the Overlook trip last week. And then didn't get water where we should have and had to backtrack.

Are we welcome in dumbass anonymous?”

“Since I'm an ounce counting, gearhead, weenie hiker I have a spreadsheet with all of my gear. I modify it before each trip and use that as my packing list. So far, so good.

I had a conference last year at Guntersville State Park, AL. I decided to go up early on Thur and do about a 6 mile dayhike. I was pressed for time, got home, grabbed my gear and took off. I wound up doing 6 miles in my office shoes. That was comfy!”

“dumb ass anonymous - that's pretty good. I'm not just a member, I'm the President!”

“I once went on a trip were we forgot to fill up the stove with fuel. Did you know you can cook almost anything on a stick.”

“I guess I am lucky in the one fact that I've never called off a trip or packed up and left the trail early because of my forgetfulness. Well there was the one time I was going to pack it in but I forgot to.”

“I have a list I have been working on for the last month of what will be going with me up to Pictured Rocks. I have check everything off at least 10 times. I have the pack weight down to 20 pounds.”

“WK - that's the good thing about lightweight. There's less to forget. Nigal, how does a dirtbagger forget something? I thought all you needed was a stick, a bandana to tie up essentials, and a chaw of Red Man.”

“I forgot the poles for the SD Lookout once. It was like a 45 ft ² bivy sack. Thank God it didn't rain, but the wind blew like crazy and those plastic hooks on the outside beat me in the head all night long.”

“I once went to a backpacking trip without the hipbelt side release clip for my backpack. My backpacking buddies attached my hipbelt with a very large safety pin.”

“my digi camera
:(”

“My friend forgot his boots and had to wear his Tevas. I felt guilty so I wore mine, too. Turned out that they felt better than boots and we saved about five lbs. worth of footwear.”

“I've hiked with Tevas a good bit. They don't support my arch enough so I switched to trail runners.”

“I'll never where Tevas hiking after I watched my friend have a toenail ripped off by some scrub brush.”

“Here's my favorite.

Back in the day as a young Boy Scout. We were still packing caned food on backpacking trips.

Well, yours truely forget the can opener and no one else had one. So I found a rock, washed it clean and beat open the lid of my can of Dinty Moore beef stew.

It was not easy finding a rock that big in Florida.”

“boots on one trip and camera once”

“I used to portage in my tevas up in Canada. One trip, I slipped on a rock and almost mt little toe between 2 rocks. E-OUCH!”

“I forgot hiking boots on one trip and stopped in an outlet mall, where I found a Bass shoe store. I bought a cheap pair that got me through the trip and then some.”

“ground pad for a trip to the Olympics in November...brrr!!

tent stakes in BSFNRRA...used pieces of a stick.

stove in Pedernales Fall SP, TX...slow, smoky, campfire cooking.”

“Almost forgot a classic car camping tale.

I pick my buddy up for a weekend of drinking and camping. Car is packed and we are on our way to Shades State Park. About half way there he tells me that he has a funny feeling that he forgot something, but doesn't know what. We get there and it starts to drizzle, snap!

Oh well, it happens. Anyway, we start to get out his old army issued canvas A-Frame tent, and it hits him. He swears, "I forgot the F'ing center support poles."

We somehow found two solid sticks to support the center of the tent that fit perfectly. What happened next was even better.

Wit sleeping bag in hand, I open the tent to start putting what we will need for the evening. I enter to see a waterfall inside. The last time he used the tent was a year ago and packed it away wet. The ceiling was almost entirely gone, eaten away.

We sat in the rain, drinking, pissed off.

We then made our way home 4 hours later, in the dark and in a downpour.”

“That is a big bummer of a trip, Wounded Knee. I bet you don't let that friend bring the essentials anymore.”

“You guys are making me conger up all kinds of dumb ass memories of things I did and would rather soon forget. lol. so I cant come to confession here with you but go on its making me feel better hehehe”

“Just the beer Lyndy! He bought a new tent, but I do not trust him.”

“I have found that if you burn a list in your mind and follow it each time you will be 90% fine each time you pack your pack.


8)”

“Ninety percent is fine Mike. It's the other 10 percent that gets me!”

“Just to put the thing in perspective, if the scotch is among the 10 percent, you can see how the trip is going to be negatively affected!”

“I agree!


8)”

“Of course, I'd never forget the scotch. I might forget the tent, the stove, the food, but not the scotch. You always need a well-stocked, basic survival kit!”

“Tru Dat Geo! A cigar helps too.”

“Let's see...forgot to tell my friend she was to carry the tent poles and I would carry the tent. So, they were left in the "drop off car" at the far end of the trail. We hung it from a tree every nigh,(glad I didn't forget cord). Hiking socks on a big trip to the Wind River Range-Walmart hunting socks to the rescue. Hiking poles on a Michimaniac trip..went to a dollar store and bought two cheapie mops, unscrewed the handles and I'm back in the game. Seems I remember what I forgot when I've got all that thinking time driving. Oh well, it's all part of the fun.”

“seeing how I am buzzed aready with the cigars and the booze I second that!


8)”

“forgot sox last weekend. hiked in merrills. no biggie. i kept forgetting for the longest time to get my boots relaced. have forgotten spoon. have forgotten where camp was. left trekking poles behind 2000 miles away, didnt even miss them til stove told me he was holdin on to them for me. forgot coffee filters, and im paying the price as i type this. back when i was using just iodine, i ran out, went to the local outfitting store, but they didnt have diddly, but the lady was nice enough to give me some clorox. beggars cant be choosers”

“I thought I forgot tent stakes once. Another hiker had two extra and used two less than necessary for his tent. That was enough to hold my tent up. The weather was nice enough it worked. Had it rained, we both would have been screwed. The next night, I found my stakes. Dough!”

“I have forgotten toilet paper only once, and never again.”

“"I have forgotten toilet paper only once, and never again."

Note to self...

Never shake hands with treebait.”

“I agree with whoever said make a list.”

“gas.


I was so anxious to get out of town I forgot that I needed gas and almost ran out before I got to Santa Fe.”

“forgot my map,
forgot directions to meeting place,
and I know there is more, but.... I FORGOT!

non backpacking: forgot my aniversary, I do that every year, and one day I will get busted big time. Right now my sister calls me the day before. :D

Forgot my sisters b-day and acted like I was about to call her. Well it was the next day, so I got busted big time.”

“"forgot my aniversary, I do that every year,"

My wedding present from my wife was an incription on the inside of the band that says, "I [heart] you! 9/8/89". Haha!”

“Me and two other guys would run down to the smokies and do some care camping.

First trip, forgot the can opener, we laughed.

Second trip, fogot the can opener,
We laughed harder.

Third trip, we were laughing about are last to trips and the can opener, we then look at each other and said, " who did bring the can opener this time" Everyone had the blank stare" We laughed and stopped and bought our third can opener.”

“rappelling rack and gloves.”

“"I have forgotten toilet paper only once, and never again."

treebait
09:38:21 PM
08/25/03

Ditto.”

“BIGPOPPA...LOL.....thank goodness tuna comes in pouches now”

“Nigal- I have a ring like that too. It was either that or a tattoo.”

“How did they even know who Prince Albert was in Middle Earth?”

“Wrong thread, Nigal?”