I decided to buy a Gerber Backpax. It weighs a little over a pound. I debated as to whether packing a small hatchet was a good idea, but it seems that so many times I am at a wilderness camp surrounded by firewood but nothing to cut it with. One never knows when it is going to turn cold and wet. Do any of you pack a small hatchet with you? I know many of you are of the light weight crowd and so this might make you laugh, but I just have to ask.

Howie