Originally Posted by hop
backcountry gear= brain, beeper, shovel, probe, parter, knowledge of terrain and snowpack, brain, and common sense. Skins and trekkers aren't necessary for everything but it doesn't hurt to have them and they don't weigh that much. Water and food doesn't hurt either.
For the record, I wasn't THAT close to the sheriff! I was trying to maintain my speed going uphill and he was slowing down faster than I was. If I wasn't hauling WC's fat ass and he could have held his beers a bit longer none of this would have happened, but whatever. All is well because the dealer that I bought my car from fucked up and told me the reg. was valid when I bought it (they don't sell cars w/o valid tabs) and are going to pay the ticket.