I once DMed for a group with a 3.5 goliath ranger, and she was able to carry the horses across a river using a tightrope, set up camp, kill a wild boar for dinner, cook it, clean the dishes afterward, set up the watch, pull a tree out of the ground, and lead the party through the woods back home.
She was also pretty handy with some blades, if I recall.
I made a wannabe Legolas once, using a half-elf and Skill Focus Acrobatics. We had a fight on a river between 3 canoes amongst a bunch of giant carved wooden heads. So after bouncing between the 3 canoes, I thought I would be even more super fancy and jump on top of a giant wooden head. So I did it, and it was hollow with no top! So I basically jumped into a giant barrel instead of on top of a giant wood barrel!!! :-P And hilarity ensued. Fortunately, there was a way out of the bottom of it too. Good thing Swim is a class skill for rangers too!