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Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank

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258 points arnon | 1 comments | 21 Sep 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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bawolff ◴[21 Sep 25 20:48 UTC] No.45326493[source]▶
I thought the point of back country hiking was to get away from technology and society.

Weight is of course a major consideration, but its not the primary reason im not bringing batteries on a hiking trip.

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1. int_19h ◴[21 Sep 25 21:20 UTC] No.45326759[source]▶
As with most other activities, the point varies for different people. For some, it's a way to test their preparedness against the elements. And for some of those, the game is to do that in as small and light a package as possible.