>>2054598>carry a knotted rope I can access without removing my bag>throw around tree, block on knot, carabineer, clip my bag, it's hanging at convenient height, off the ground.>rig my lines, then I just clip the tarp on them, intead of tying my knots with the weight of the tarp pulling back and the tarp dragging on the ground witing for line to be tauntI can get myself under the tarp in less than 2 minutes setting up under the rain, without removing the rain cover or ly bag touching the ground, and it's way more efficient with carabineers
>hang solar charger of wet clothes on the back of you pack while walkingthere's a bazillion way they are useful, they cost nothing, and weigh a few gramms. Making it a badge of honor of "I hiked 2000+ without them" is you jerking off. I hiked many miles without a poncho to put under my floor mat, turns out it's great and convenient, cost 5€ weighs nothing. I hiked many miles without a portable saw, turns out it's less of a hassle to find one fallen tree and process it than go scavenging over half an acre of uneven terrain with falling light to hope gather enough wood, and the saw cost me 8€ and weighs 200g.
The only gear that's a larp signal for me is one that doesn't fit the user's physique. If you're rocking some top notch gear but I can see from a mile away you're some soft skinnyfat manchild with bubblegum ankles, then it's larp, it's not if you're fit and have some experience, and these are things you can spot a mile away. Just like you can spot that 60 year old local mountaineers who could run circles around you in welly boots and jeans. Larp is when the person clearly doesn't have the skillset to make full use of their gear.
