Whats on your wish list?

[adkpooh]

Since the holiday season is nearly upon us....it is time to begin contemplating what new gear to get the other outdoor enthusiasts in our lives. I am particularly interested in a little help with gear/gadget department since I no longer subscribe to Backpacker. Are there any new 'can't live without' gizmos that will aid in going ultra light? Am I missing anything that 'weight be darned' is sooo perfect you'd carry it anyway (well, anything besides a mountain top jacuzzi)? So take a moment to tell me - what is on your wish list?

 

[GNR]

Check it out

Hit up backpackinglight.com and check out the gear that they sell. I'm a member there, but get nothing for referring you there...just really cool lightweight stuff. GNR

 

[Hillwalker]

Silnylon

My wish is for 10 yards of Silnylon and a sewing machine.

Check out this list of homemade gear sewn by Ben (Stitch) for this summers thruhike. They finished Sept 27th on top of Big "K".

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pzXRvBtWnV-X5TMjqhQvoDg

Figgy and Stitch - AT 2007

 

[hikingfish]

Oh my god...so many things!!

A winter tent, glacier glasses, duffle bag for my sled, a down parka, a plane ticket for Baffin Island ( )...

Everyone I know would probably have to all win the lottery to be able to purchase everything in my wishlist...but you can't blame a guy for wishing

Fish

 

[albee]

I would like a pair of these. They would really cut down my time on a Presidential traverse!

 

[dr_wu002]

A good pair of binoculars.

-Dr. Wu

 

[Neil]

Obscene amounts of money and a new aorta.

 

[Jay H]

A new digital camera and waterproof case and a peaceful world to take pictures of.

Jay

 

[onrhodes]

1) Gregory Z 55 Pack
2) EMS Velocity 35 sleeping bag
3) MSR SL2 Tent or Hennesy Hammock


Those are the 3 things that I would really like to acquire so that I can move from a dayhiker to over-nighter.

 

[eddogg12]

Aside from forcing my family into buying a Mountain Hardwear -15 degree down bag, I still got some time to think!

 

[daxs]

Whats wrong with your aorta Neil?

 

[sapblatt]

Shire Tarptent Rainbow
Mountain Hardwear Phantom sleeping bag
Winter sleeping bag
GoLite backpack
Kathadyn ultralight filter
Those new Kathoola spikes...

The theme here is light!!

I accept gifts for Hanukah, Election Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Solstices or any other reason - if you need my address please PM me...

 

[Neil]

Whats wrong with your aorta Neil?

Nothing that I know of. I just thought it would be cool to get a new one.

Maybe 2 spanking new patellae would be a wiser wish.

 

[marty]

Try one of these if you like to carry some spirits when backpacking. The weight is a mere 0.7 ounces It also collapses and flattens out at the bottom, so you can stand it up. It totally rocks!

Platy Water Bottle

Regards,
Marty

 

[roadtripper]

A Mt. Whitney permit for the day of my choice

 

[sweeper]

A new pair of knees?

 

[dRitter]

Snow for Christmas (and as a side effect a white start to winter hiking).

 

[Rols]

I could go for a good snow pack so that I could snowshoe all the way to the summit of Jefferson.

 

[Artex]

World peace.

 

[Frodo]

Right now, it's getting my 9 year old son to go to bed (he's a Sox fan)

But I am hoping Santa brings me one of these