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Top Ten Signs Your Gear Is Wearing Out

10). All that damn duct tape! — Chewbacca, Nancy, J. Ogburn, carabiner, J. Corey, Zip

9). Your map refers to Oklahoma as "Indian Territory." — E. Berkowitz

8). Your water bottle, which has never held anything but water, has developed an odor. — Chickadee

7). When a bed of rocks gives more comfort than your ensolite pad. — Scoutfish

6). Your top-loader backpack is now a panel-loader. — Dave Hluchy

5). Either you've grown twelve inches or your walking stick is shorter. — WM Morrison

4). The stream looks cleaner than your newly filtered water. — J. Gallagher

3). After borrowing your extra harness and tying in, your belay calls, "falling." — D. Hluchy

2). You wear see-through clothes, carry a see-through pack and sleep in a see-through tent. — SteveinOz

1). Your spouse mistakes your camp cook pot for your car's oil catch basin. — J. Gallagher

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