Well maybe the title wasn't all that great. I guess we have all gone camping and forgotten something major or minor. I really relish those times when I reach for the fuel and there is none, or the water filter didn't make it, or there are no matches. These accidents force me to entertain myself by working around the missing gear.

I would like to go on a camping trip and each person gets to remove one item from each other pack and leave it behind in a secret spot so no one knows what was removed until arriving at camp, then the group works out a solution to the missing gear that shares resources. We love to do things the easy way - sometime go camping the hard way... with only part of your gear.

Jim