We found this at a campsite.
Our last hurrah camping trip was this past weekend. (It was far too cold, Heather and I both woke up with aching bodies – but Jay had fun celebrating his seventeenth birthday with some of his buddies in the mountains.)
So what might this be? A dental tool for backpacking oral surgeons?
And as you might have guessed, this went straight into our bin where we collect stuff to give to the charity shop.
A backpacking melon baller?
Is it a signal mirror perhaps?
Hard to tell from the photo, but the bright bit at the end of the tool is a mirror, John.
Shane, you may be right – though it would take a miracle for anyone “down below” to see any reflection from that tiny mirror. My guess is that it’s one of those things backpacking books say you need – but that “need” is completely untrue.
Looks like my buddies bicycle mirror. You can attach them to the bar-ends.
Hope you had a fun trip!
A rearview mirror for hikers. So you can tell if a bear is gaining on you.