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Travis

Surprised no one has mentioned a good old Swiss Army knife. Scissors, tweezers, blades, etc.

I do love the Swiss Army knives. They are great but the Wingman has scissors (good ones) and although the Swiss Army tweezers are the single greatest [bleep] tweezers every made, the usefulness of the pliers on the Wingman trumps the usefulness of the tweezers in my opinion.

Gerber Suspension is pretty badass for me.

Not sure if DanAdair will approve of it, but through hiking the Bob has probably taught him more than us mortals could ever dream of....

Tanner

I dunno... They grab hot [bleep] better, work better for stove [bleep] (C stoves like to be [bleep] with) and they kick ass on Durapegs, and the long ass MSR aluminum stakes.

I have to agree with EdT, all the multi tools SUCK as pliers compared to real pliers. Plus there's the fact that they weigh 4 ounces.

Pack a set a few times, you'll probably leave the Leatherman home.

I dunno... They grab hot [bleep] better, work better for stove [bleep] (C stoves like to be [bleep] with) and they kick ass on Durapegs, and the long ass MSR aluminum stakes.

I have to agree with EdT, all the multi tools SUCK as pliers compared to real pliers. Plus there's the fact that they weigh 4 ounces.

I would be tempted to leave the Leatherman, but it stays in my pocket anyway, and I think for an extra 3oz. having screwdrivers, pliers, wire cutters, scissors, a knife, etc. is worth the weight.


Travis

Anyway Travis, I've had a folder in a pocket and a multi-tool on my hip for so long now I feel naked without one and that's more or less where I'm coming from.

When and if the day comes that the mountains are sufficiently steep that I can't make it with the extra 4oz on my right hip......well let's just say that'll be a sign for me won't it?


Dwayne

That's why you should only visit the backcountry with a woman who drinks liquor.......straight out of the bottle.

Travis;
Hopefully this still Saturday morning finds you folks well and warm sir.

I'll admit - again - that it's been years since we've headed into the back country for days instead of "all day" or part thereof, so that taken into account I'd offer the following examples of fun in the BC back country.

We had a fairly new pack blow the stitching out of the bag on one side part way up the Kokanee Glacier. That led to carrying heavy needles, saddle thread, dental floss and duct tape on all our future trips.

Buddy's camp stove needed to be taken apart - a couple times - when we took a weekend jaunt up into the Cathedral Lakes.

Another buddy's boot blew the stitching out the side of it one evening coming off the mountain with his mulie buck hind quarters on our backs. I repaired it with a Leatherman, a flashlight in my teeth and the aforementioned needles and saddle thread. Nowadays I pack reading glasses too.

I can't begin to count the number of times I've extracted prickly pear cactus out of me, buddy, daughter, wife or horse for that matter in the back country with a Leatherman.

The same can be said for a decent little scissors - yes I carry at least 3 knives on me somewhere, but a scissors is handier and safer.

While I've not yet had to use it - thankfully - I'm a trained OFA and carry both butterfly adhesive strips and a suture kit in my pack. The suture kit looks to require something like a thin nosed pliers or a locking foreceps.

I did save a downed horse that was hung up on smooth wire - rancher buddy underneath it at the time too - with an original Leatherman - so they will work for emergency purposes too.

Now before someone points it out, I am cognizant that this isn't the horse section and it did bugger up the cutter faces to save that horse - but Ed and Bunjo thought it was a reasonable sacrifice for me to make.

Anyway Travis, I've had a folder in a pocket and a multi-tool on my hip for so long now I feel naked without one and that's more or less where I'm coming from.

When and if the day comes that the mountains are sufficiently steep that I can't make it with the extra 4oz on my right hip......well let's just say that'll be a sign for me won't it?

None of this is meant to poke a stick in the eye of the folks here that are much harder chargers than I ever was or intend to be Travis. I'm merely relating how I've used a multi-tool over 3 decades of walking and riding in the BC back country - sometimes far away from "mother's arms".

You folks have a good weekend Travis.

Dwayne