You Need a Whistle in your pocket. The sound travels further than your voice and still works when you have lost it. Maybe a signal mirror you can signal a aircraft or searcher much better. :)
Doug, phenomenal setting for the video. The video quality is just awesome. As riveting as you are, found it hard not to focus on the water scene behind you. Love the idea of keeping the daypack loaded and ready. Thanks for your efforts to educate us.
Not to spike the ball, but this wasn't even the place I was hiking to LOL! California is generally a hot mess, but the land is beyond belief. Thanks for your comments!
That backdrop - HOLY COW! Nice information of the gear to bring! Always love hearing how others prepare! Keep making memories & adventure on! ~Karen & Shannon WOY
I keep my day pack loaded and in my trunk for spontaneous as a go bag for short hikes when I’m on the road. I use a heavier Osprey. Mainly for training with a heavier load. I also hike with kids and have to carry extra. I also carry an emergency shelter/tarp and blanket. I won’t probably ever need but it’s always there if I do. I also carry one dehydrated meal and snacks with a long shelf life. Basically the ten essentials in case a few hours turns into a long night.
Excellent! I'm paranoid about leaving a backpack in my car because it gets so hot here in California that it can destroy the lamination. Something I learned the hard way. :) Otherwise I would love to be able to do that! Good idea on the enhanced shelter, I could probably bump mine up.
In this case the shelter is just wrapping up in the rain gear haha. If something happened so bad on a day hike that I couldn't get out, I'd probably be in a lot more trouble than having a proper shelter would help. However, I do hear you and am actually going to be testing out some emergency gear in an upcoming video to see how well it really works!
@BackcountryPilgrim good job. I like you have a bug head net - can save a hike. A mylar space blanket and some paracord is inexpensive and can help too. Thanks for your list
Love that Mega Omega trail mix, we buy it all the time! LMNT is also the bomb, we don't go anywhere without it! I emailed Pact about getting some of the pellets but have not heard back from them, such an awesome idea. Hoping to be able to get some for our poop kit. We carry Wysi Wipes with us for cleanup of whatever we need. Great loadout, very similar to what we carry :)
I got into LMNT when it first came out because the guy who started it wrote this great book on the Paleo diet (that I only tried for 6 weeks haha). It has really helped with dehydration issues.. I'm sure the guys ay PACT will get back to you soon!
I really like the double zip function. I had zip offs as a kid but it seems like you had to decide which way to use them for the day due to having to remove shoes to change. Speaking of shoes, have you seen or heard of sock shoes? I wonder if they would be a good camp option or creek crossing.
Yeah these are so much better than standard zip offs, all the convenience none of the hassle! I have nit tried sock shoes but if they are the right materials they might be great for creek crossings (a hiker / fisherman buddy of mine swears by wool sock creek crossings!)
@@BackcountryPilgrim I bet his reasoning is similar to felt bottoms on waders or fly fishing shoes. The sock shoes are basically a synthetic sock with some kind of rubber added to the bottoms. I saw they are about 12oz a pair (sizing is different than for shoes apparently) and one nice thing is they are machine washable so no worries about them becoming too funky.
Isn’t “dehydrated wet wipes” an oxymoron? I always wonder why people dehydrate them if you are going to rehydrate them to use them - it’s the same amount of water weight either way, and rehydrating just seems wasteful (time and water) to me.
They are named according to their function not their preparation and there's a few advantages to them. First they won't dry out and don't need to be kept in an airtight package, but the main thing is they don't have the chemicals in them that standard wet wipes do.
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You Need a Whistle in your pocket. The sound travels further than your voice and still works when you have lost it. Maybe a signal mirror you can signal a aircraft or searcher much better. :)
Good catch! I have one built into my sternum strap but failed to mention it!
@@BackcountryPilgrim I think one in your pocket also. I also carry a Spyderco Dragonfly in my pocket. :)
bear spray?
Not necessary (or legal) in most of the places I hike. But I would 100% bring it if I was in grizzly country!
Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this informative video. Where did you do the filing for this fine video? Stay safe out there. 😊
Sword Lake by Spicer Meadow. This was before the area burned. :/
Doug, phenomenal setting for the video. The video quality is just awesome. As riveting as you are, found it hard not to focus on the water scene behind you. Love the idea of keeping the daypack loaded and ready. Thanks for your efforts to educate us.
Not to spike the ball, but this wasn't even the place I was hiking to LOL! California is generally a hot mess, but the land is beyond belief. Thanks for your comments!
That backdrop - HOLY COW! Nice information of the gear to bring! Always love hearing how others prepare! Keep making memories & adventure on! ~Karen & Shannon WOY
Thanks! Will do!
I keep my day pack loaded and in my trunk for spontaneous as a go bag for short hikes when I’m on the road. I use a heavier Osprey. Mainly for training with a heavier load. I also hike with kids and have to carry extra. I also carry an emergency shelter/tarp and blanket. I won’t probably ever need but it’s always there if I do. I also carry one dehydrated meal and snacks with a long shelf life. Basically the ten essentials in case a few hours turns into a long night.
Excellent! I'm paranoid about leaving a backpack in my car because it gets so hot here in California that it can destroy the lamination. Something I learned the hard way. :) Otherwise I would love to be able to do that! Good idea on the enhanced shelter, I could probably bump mine up.
Great review I love my zeleo and got to get a pair of the rei pants
Zoleo is super cool - and my only regret on the REI pants was not finding out about them until after I got three pairs of Columbia Silver Ridge! :)
Nice loadout nice pack interested in the pellets never seen them before. I still use Osprey packs cool rei pants.
Stay safe my friend.
Right on, yeah check out the PACT review I did a couple videos back for more on their system!
Excellent! Looking at Pact right now
Even if you just get the tablets and wipes it's worth it!
Great kit review Doug. Hope you’re doing well.
Thanks, you too!
Like you I believe in the 10 essentials. What do you use as a shelter in case of having to camp for a night?Things happen.
In this case the shelter is just wrapping up in the rain gear haha. If something happened so bad on a day hike that I couldn't get out, I'd probably be in a lot more trouble than having a proper shelter would help. However, I do hear you and am actually going to be testing out some emergency gear in an upcoming video to see how well it really works!
@BackcountryPilgrim good job. I like you have a bug head net - can save a hike. A mylar space blanket and some paracord is inexpensive and can help too. Thanks for your list
Yeah, I thought I'd hate bug nets but they work well and don't affect visibility as much as I'd feared.
Love that Mega Omega trail mix, we buy it all the time! LMNT is also the bomb, we don't go anywhere without it! I emailed Pact about getting some of the pellets but have not heard back from them, such an awesome idea. Hoping to be able to get some for our poop kit. We carry Wysi Wipes with us for cleanup of whatever we need. Great loadout, very similar to what we carry :)
I got into LMNT when it first came out because the guy who started it wrote this great book on the Paleo diet (that I only tried for 6 weeks haha). It has really helped with dehydration issues.. I'm sure the guys ay PACT will get back to you soon!
I really like the double zip function. I had zip offs as a kid but it seems like you had to decide which way to use them for the day due to having to remove shoes to change. Speaking of shoes, have you seen or heard of sock shoes? I wonder if they would be a good camp option or creek crossing.
Yeah these are so much better than standard zip offs, all the convenience none of the hassle! I have nit tried sock shoes but if they are the right materials they might be great for creek crossings (a hiker / fisherman buddy of mine swears by wool sock creek crossings!)
@@BackcountryPilgrim I bet his reasoning is similar to felt bottoms on waders or fly fishing shoes. The sock shoes are basically a synthetic sock with some kind of rubber added to the bottoms. I saw they are about 12oz a pair (sizing is different than for shoes apparently) and one nice thing is they are machine washable so no worries about them becoming too funky.
Sounds good! If they would double as a camp shoe that'd be good too.
Isn’t “dehydrated wet wipes” an oxymoron? I always wonder why people dehydrate them if you are going to rehydrate them to use them - it’s the same amount of water weight either way, and rehydrating just seems wasteful (time and water) to me.
They are named according to their function not their preparation and there's a few advantages to them. First they won't dry out and don't need to be kept in an airtight package, but the main thing is they don't have the chemicals in them that standard wet wipes do.
Lot of stuff just for a hike. But I guess it depends far the hike is.
It's pretty much the 10 essentials plus my camera gear.
Tried to think of anything you forgot to pack............nope
Phew! :) Thanks for watching, Mike!
day hike way too much stuff
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