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gassface

04/20/2012 11:34PM

What item(s) do you carry 100 percent of your time in BWCA?

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jeroldharter

04/20/2012 11:46PM

Toilet Paper.

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luft

04/21/2012 01:09AM

100% of the time: Knife, waterproof matches,iodine tablets, map and a compass are on my body at all times that I am away from camp.

In addition my daypack has a head lamp, jacket, TP, bug spray, sunscreen, chapstick, water bottle, and first aid kit and is always in the canoe with me.

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Unas10

04/21/2012 04:52AM

Knife, lighter, baby wipes, bandana, Carmex, fishing license, permit.

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Beaverjack

04/21/2012 06:28AM

Knife, compass, bandana, water, lighter, (TP if the wife is along).

I don't carry my ID unless I have my day pack or I am fishing. I don't believe in having credentials along 100% of the time - it decays my sense of freedom and individualism, which are only illusions, I know, but it makes me happy to think I'm something more than a number.

Tony

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pswith5

04/21/2012 07:01AM

canoe,map,tp,undies,(they go together) flashlight, lighter, food...you know, I always over-pack!!!

without the bad times: the good times wouldn't seem so good

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keth0601

04/21/2012 07:05AM

BIC mini, multitool, compass, map, water filter bottle. You'd also have to pry my fishing rod from my cold dead hands.

Actually, I'm rarely away from camp without at least a small pack with essentials but these are the items that I can say are pretty much always with me and always get packed mo matter what.

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Savage Voyageur

04/21/2012 07:10AM

I compass, knife, and waterproof matches are always with me. They are no brainers and can fit on a belt or pocket.

"So many lakes, so little time."

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RaisedByBears99

04/21/2012 07:19AM

Canoe.

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butthead

04/21/2012 08:57AM

I'd need to specify at camp or not. When not in camp I will have either my PFD on that includes a small first aid/ditch kit, PLB, map and compass, and knife. If away from camp hiking, a daypack is always with, that includes it's own set of similar gear, the PLB will go along as well. In camp the gear is there but not always on me.

butthead

“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” ? Frank Zappa

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kanoes

04/21/2012 09:33AM

100% of the time? i guess id have to type my packing list in here. i take the same stuff every trip.

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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billconner

04/21/2012 09:58AM

Assuming you mean what do I always have on my person while in, knife and camera and the clothes I'm wearing, but the cloths change so not the same clothes 100% of the time.

Well, I confess, when swimming I don't have my knife or clothes except maybe water shoes. Since getting a waterproof camera, I usually still have that.

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PineKnot

04/21/2012 10:45AM

When not in camp, I always have around my neck or in my pocket a compass, whistle, lighter, knife, and deep woods off.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are -- Teddy Roosevelt

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Frenchy19

04/21/2012 10:52AM

I assume you mean wherever I am when I am in the dub, not just at camp...

Knife, first aid/ditch kit, compass, map, matches and some snacks like candy bars or such.

"He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious." Yogi Berra

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Sierra1

04/21/2012 04:55PM

quote gassface: "What item(s) do you carry 100 percent of your time in BWCA?"

On my person I carry a knife/multitool, a BIC lighter and a compass. In the canoe or when traveling/hikingI also carry a camera, first aid kit, water, snacks ( I'm diabetic) and a ditch kit.

Watch out for that rock!!!........ Oooo.... That's going to leave a mark...

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kanoes

04/21/2012 05:04PM

ok, on my person then.

PLB, compass, whistle, knife, smokes, lighter, permit, and reading glasses.

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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TriTodd

04/21/2012 05:05PM

Gerber knife, windproof lighter, bandana, wetwipes, whistle.

Life is about being outside enjoying God's world...

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Sides

04/21/2012 09:54PM

A canoe.

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1stSatInMay

04/22/2012 06:28AM

Too much of me, but I'm wokring on it.

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps! Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945

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Beaverjack

04/22/2012 06:39AM

quote Sides: "A canoe."

Man, that would make a midnight trip to the toilet into a whole new adventure.

Tony

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Woods Walker

04/22/2012 07:55AM

Canoe, Paddle, PFD, Toilet Paper, Compass, Map, Knife, Camera, Lighter, pack, food, multi-tool, Duct Tape, Hat... thats pretty much the things that have been on my trips 100% of the time. Other items have either been forgotten or left behind at times.

A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness. -William O. Douglas, in Ghost Grizzlies

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