rockit

If you hike with your music and want to share it with the world at camp, then you'll be interested in OrigAudio's
Rock-It, a five ounce portable vibration speaker system that converts ordinary objects into sound amplifiers.

Personally I don't carry an MP-3 player, preferring to listen to what's around me when I'm out in the world. But people I
hike with do, and I admit that from time to time I do get curious about what's so entertaining that Alice is laughing out
loud while listening to her Ipod Shuffle. Sharing earbuds is possible, but awkward, and I wouldn't do that with everyone I
know. Speaker systems -- even the tiny ones built to transform MP3 players into small personal stereos -- weigh too
much and take up too much space to take backpacking. Good luck finding one that runs on batteries.

Rock-It solves the problem with an innovative approach that's so obvious you wonder why you didn't think of it
yourself. Thankfully, the founders of Rock-It did. Plug Rock-It into any personal electronics device that accepts a
standard 3.5 mm headphone jack and attach the sticky sound amp to any hollow container. A cardboard box, empty
water bottle, even a sealed ziplock bag full of air works. You'll find suitable speaker devices in any ordinary camping kit.
Just turn the system on and you have sound you can share with friends, without sharing the earwax.

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I spent most of my time in school
looking sideways out the window and
planning my escape. I made lists of
gear I would need and skills I'd need to
learn. What I wanted was more than
just visiting the outer world or
surviving it long enough to get home. I
wanted to live out there.

Gear still fascinates me. I like to try it
out, even if I don't think I need it.
Actually, you don't need a whole lot to
live out there. If you go and you stay
awhile, the gear gradually goes away
and you find other answers. Most of
what you really need fits inside your
head. The rest is temporary.