Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

[Greg Miller]

This image – along with so many others – is just one more piece of evidence clearly supporting what leading anthropologists are coming to accept: Yes, the mysterious disappearance of the Anasazi is best explained by an alien abduction.

Or, the Anasazi were the original inventors of Crown Royal Whiskey...

[ROL]

Or, the Anasazi were the original inventors of Crown Royal Whiskey...

I am trying to appreciate either exactly how hard, or how easy, that particular connection came to you.

[Greg Miller]

I am trying to appreciate either exactly how hard, or how easy, that particular connection came to you.

LOL. To be honest I'm not much of a drinker, and I doubt I have ever had a glass of Crown Royal. But the image just, oddly enough, popped into my mind when looking at the petroglyph. I'm still looking for photos of tall black decanters...

[ROL]

I think I'm onto something. The Anasazi were the ultimate whiskey connoisseurs...

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I think I'm onto something myself: Copyright infringement. Suing for unauthorized use.

[Greg Miller]

It was done in the spirit of playful fun. But I'll delete the post if you prefer.

[Drew Wiley]

Maybe somebody considered a bottle of hooch one of their ten essentials.

[paulr]

Maybe somebody considered a bottle of hooch one of their ten essentials.

I've been trying in vain to find my copy of John Krakauer's essay on the 1st ascent of Mont Blanc. The provision list included cases of wine and brandy. I divided the number of bottles by the number of climbers and days, and found it incomprehensible that they even made it past their first camp.

[paulr]

I'm getting up early tomorrow to do a 24 mile loop through the tetons. If you're familiar with the area, I'm going up the start of Death Canyon, up over the static peak and buck mtn. divides, into the Alaska Basin, then over the Mt. Meek pass, along the Crest trail and the Death Canyon shelf, to Fox Creek pass, and then back down upper Death Canyon. Hoping to do it in 8 hours if there isn't too much snow.

Here's what's coming:
-very light pack
-hydration bladder
-long undershirt
-very light shell
-light fleece hat
-spare socks (waterproof sealskinz)
-water filter
-headlamp
-sun screen (lots)
-food (sandwich, energy gels, and a greasy hunk of sausage)
-iphone w/map software

I'll wear shorts, a synthetic t-shirt, trail running shoes, baseball hat, sunglasses.

[jnantz]

See the first-aid kit in post #102? I have to add coffee to this kit.

I was running late for yesterday's day trip, and in my rush to meet the gang I skipped making coffee for myself.

So I took one of the Vivarin tabs in my kit. It was the third of four pills which means I have now had three coffee emergencies.

I am still hammering out the details of how I will add coffee to the kit, whether I will be satisfied with four packs of Starbucks Via and if I will need to include a canister stove.

But facts are facts, caffeine withdrawal is my most frequently encountered emergency.

nice kit you showed, you have the essentials covered ..
but if you are trying to get caffeine out of the starbucks coffee / via instant
you will have better luck getting something like maxwell house or folgers
starbucks has very little caffeine in it since it is darkroasted ( full city/starbucks roast )
black tea or green tea hsa more caff. and instants i mentioned have at least 2x maybe more caffeine / cup ...

happy trails
john

[Drew Wiley]

Yeah... but Via actually tastes like coffee instead of laundry detergent like most instants. But some people do consider beverages essential. Warren Harding hauled
thirty or forty bottles of wine up the Dawn Wall of El Cap for its first ascent. Some of those bottles are still there, stuffed in a crack. A friend of mine packed two
cases of bottles of Pliny the Elder into his backpack (lesson learned the hard way).