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List 10 items that are multi-taskers you use for camping and/or hiking. You have to actually use the items you list for multiple tasks and the tasks shouldn't really overlap much if at all (listing 10 Swiss army knives for instance). Give a brief explanation if needed. Here's my list, 1: 5-gallon stock pot: used for storing items, cooking food, washing clothing, smoking meat 2: Fixed-blade knife: preparing wood for starting fires, butchering, batton-splitting small firewood, digging, whittling 3: Paracord: safely tying up food, makeshift handle padding, bundling items, tenting/tarping/hammocking, firebow, etc. 4: Hatchet: splitting larger firewood, making handles, making shelters, butchering, carving, hammering 5: Large Tarp: poncho, rain fly for tent, hammock, ground cover, bundling, smoking meat, shade 6: Fishing line: fishing, trap making, repairing things/sewing 7: Cellphone: photos, videos, emergency communication, various apps for wildlife/plantlife identification 8: Over-large nappy t-shirt: drying things, wetting and wrapping head for cooling and shade, filtering, PJs 9: WJQ-308 shovel multi-tool: digging, sawing, chopping, hammering, wire cutting, measuring, food prep, etc. 10: Friend: meal prep, wood gathering, camp setup, additional bushcraft knowledge, fishing buddy, friendship
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>>147650 I give you one item for your list, an evazote mat, in my case this is 4mm x 1m x 2m. I use it as an outdoor carpet, a tent floor, an extra sleeping mat. You could use it as a swimming help, make blister plasters or knee pads from it.
It is cheap and nearly indestructible, so I carry it outside my pack, when I need a break and all he floor is wet and cold or has some sharp stones on it, just roll out the mat and your fine. Tent floor is slippery, use the mat. Your real isomat is not warm enough? Double this one, put it under your mat, r-value increased by 1.7.
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>>147819 Yeah, not bad. It'd probably spoil me. I'm so used to sleeping on sharp stones, grass stubble in fields, and hard surfaces that I still get a pretty good night's sleep.
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BRING A FUCKING TOWEL, YOU PIECE OF SHIT ALWAYS BRING A TOWEL
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>>147650 You pretty much listed all that I would except for.
>Duct tape. Anonymous
>>147650 Not trying to be a smartass, but I don't think I carry much more than 10 items camping, even when car camping, unless you count the individual items in my emergency kit.
>bivvy sack >backpack >water >food, usually dehydrated/canned/smoked >small pot >shovel (very small if innawoods, bigger if innadesert) >Victorinox Trekker >straight blade knife >hatchet if innawoods >small camp stove >lighters >extra socks >TP >emergency kit (stays in a pocket/clipped to a belt loop, lives in car when not camping; contains leatherman, small LED flashlight, cordage, alcohol swabs, medical tape, compass; contained in an epipen pack) Subject to change for different situations, of course. And I know I could leave off a blade (and often do not carry the straight blade knife, especially if carrying a hatchet), but a good knife can do lots of things for you.
TP and Trekker are probably the most versatile. Toilet paper makes tinder, impromptu water filters, earplugs, bandages when combined with tape, something to blow your nose into, et cetera. It's also good for wiping your ass.
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>>148218 >8: Over-large nappy t-shirt: drying things, wetting and wrapping head for cooling and shade, filtering, PJs Anonymous
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>>148332 Now worries, one of the main reasons for this thread is to get people to really think about what they are packing in reference to what it can do. If it is a unitasker.you can determine if it is worth packing or not.
Coming up with 10 unitaskers easily, but 10 unique multi-taskers is a bit more difficult.
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as tacticool as it is, a shemagh really is a great thing to have on the trail. hat, scarf, mask, prefilter for water treatment, towel, sunglasses wiper offer, tourniquet, bandage, wrap it around clothes to use as a pillow, makeshift sling if you hurt an arm... it just goes on and on
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>>148460 You don't really need the "shemaugh" though any square of fabric will do.
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>>148462 true, but they are designed for headwear (weave and material). the beautiful part of a shemagh, at least as far as arid climates, is that they breathe... I've found they're not nearly as comfortable in humid environments.
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>>148332 Do you actually read the thread before you answer?
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>>148467 Yep. Didn't read the whole comment you replied to, did you? Most of the stuff on that list multitasks, I just talked about one that's surprisingly handy.
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>>148736 >thneed Ah, well, no wonder I couldn't figure out want a "theed" was. lol
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>>149076 Learn 2 Ted Giesel, M.D.
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No, I had to endure that bullshit as a little child.
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>>149403 Much of his stuff is just plain goofy. Some of it has genuine life lessons that are worth bearing in mind. I mentioned the thneed because The Lorax is quite /out/ related.
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Don't expect much from this thread. /out/ people are wallmart shoppers and love their gimmicks.
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This thread sucks because theres no plint in listing objects that are meant for multi use, ie; Fixed blade, paracord, hatchet, phone, multi tool. Yes we know a knife can cut many things, Paracord can tie to anything, multi tools can multi tool, etc.. Something like a large tarp is okay because most only use it as a rain fly, and ground cover.
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>>150037 This thread sucks because fags like you don't actually go camping.
>>150004 Lol that image. Are people trying to make fucking camping some elite secret club now?
>hurr im better at sleeping in the woods than you are this is REAL CAMPING Anonymous
>>150044 You sound a little butthurt cause that might be you. It is a dumb picture though...what's even wrong with that guy? Suffering in silence = not bitching and complaining, and maybe he has some useless gadgets but at least he's prepared. And how is being out to conquer the wilderness worse than sitting in your RV?
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>>150044 >Are people trying to make fucking camping some elite secret club now? Is there any area of life where some people don't think they're better than others?
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>>150062 It was everyone at point. Nobody is an expert straight out of the gate.
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You mean multi-use? I'm honestly not sure I have 10 items that meet this criterion, but I'll try. 1. Gun: peace-of-mind, bear defense, looking cool 2. Thermarest Ridgerest (closed cell foam pad): ground protection, back-of-neck protection from cougar attacks (I carry it on top of my backpack) 3. bear pepper spray: bear defense, taco seasoning 4. long underwear: leg warmer, head-wrap 5. bandana: under-the-hat sun protection, pre-filter for water