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Spent $150 on a titanium spork and realized my plastic one worked just fine on the Pacific Crest Trail last month
Had to dig it out of a river after dropping it on day three and now I'm back using the free plastic fork from a gas station, has anyone else overpaid for ultralight gear that just complicated things?
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jakef6615d agoMost Upvoted
God that titanium spork story hurts. I dropped my expensive lightweight pot into a creek on day two of the JMT and spent an hour fishing it out with a stick while my buddy just boiled water in his old aluminum mess kit. Paid $90 for a fancy titanium spoon that bent the first time I tried to scoop cold oatmeal out of a bag. Now I carry a plastic picnic spoon from the grocery store and it works better and weighs less. Its like we get so caught up in the gear that we stop thinking about what actually makes sense out there.
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wyatt_fisher4115d ago
Right, because nothing says "backcountry efficiency" like spending $90 on a spoon that turns into a pretzel on cold oatmeal. I bet that fancy titanium pot made a REAL satisfying noise when it hit the creek rocks, too. At least you have a story about fishing it out with a stick, the gas station fork just sits there quietly being functional and cheap.
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