I think my aversion to mud + hiking is 80% "I'm going to fall forward and crush my mud-encrusted camera" and 20% "I am going to slip and die". Priorities. I also keep meaning to get a camera sleeve/rain cover because the D90 isn't weather proof and I'm incredibly clumsy. Just yesterday I was taking pictures and when it started raining, I looked up and decided to keep shooting and take the chance xD
I would love a waterproof camera, really! As it is Denis was looking at my lens hood yesterday and said, do you think this is a sign you shouldn't be so hard on your camera? I laughed and said, What fun would that be?
It's almost impossible to lose a toy with these two. Backup never drops his and Sloan obsessively fetches them, it's actually a game we play, we try to lose her wubba and she stumps us.