What "hand held" do you want? What do you want to do on the trail??

For VHF/UHF, Id go with the Wouxun KG-UV6D, such as I have. Easy peasy to program with software, full bore 5W on VHF, at least 4W on UHF, water proof, pretty durable and Ive had great luck with it on the trail... It may cost a dollar or two, but brown water makes a KILLER pull up J-Pole for dual band!! The one I got from him is kick ass, and you WONT have a fraction of the performance with the "rubber duckie" on ANY hand held, so do at least make sure you have a good alternate antenna!!

For HF, pick a band... Mine is 40m because its a day and night, and all season band! Its the primary workhorse band! Id go with an MFJ, dipole, a hand of coax and a decent battery...
http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Produc...uctid=MFJ-9440
This is a 12w rig... 100w is only 3db over 10w, so yeah... you can talk on it!!

GL,
EB