My wife used to groan at me lugging along a pack with matches, first aid kit, and all that falderal when day hiking, particularly when we would see people in flip flops with a little water bottle go bounding past us into the woods. However the few times we got misdirected (certainly not lost!) or were out later than expected she kind of convinced her that my bag of junk wasn't as dumb as she thought.

I'm guessing some of you guys are worse than me, but I might wait and see some responses before revealing the embarrassing amount of junk I lug around. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />