The Boujee Backpacker | Is It A Luxury Item Or A Necessity?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
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1) A book and small journal.
2) A nice mug with fitted lid for sipping tea to start the day and again at the end of the day. Also hot chocolate of course.
3) some skin care stored in a few contact lenses cases. Also an Emory board.
4) a thin foam sleep mat in addition to inflatable mattress for daily stretching and yoga and rest breaks on damp ground. It also keeps the inflatable mattress from sliding around on the tent floor.
5) a well worn muslin swaddle blanket from Aden and Anais. They are huge and highly absorbent but very light and fold down small. Good at exfoliation too, and squeezing excess water out of long hair quickly. They’re also cute hanging on the back of the pack to dry. :) They dry quickly.
6) a bear vault 450 even if not required. It’s a luxury because I hate hanging bear bags and it makes a nice stool.
7) a small travel memory foam pillow with homemade pillowcase that also fits my puffy.
My total weight with food and water for 4 -5 days is between 25 and 30 (never over) including a very cozy sleep system, Nemo tent and Osprey backpack and bear vault. I also like Merrill mid height hiking boots. They are so comfortable and secure that I would consider them a luxury item.
I’m not a through hiker. Just weekends or a week or two.
I'm with you on #4. That mat is lightweight and makes all the difference when wanting to spread out and sit or lay at camp to stretch or just read a book or if the ground it wet it's great for paying your stuff out before your tent is all set up.
A quality knife is a must for myself. I use it for cutting any cordage when tying off guy lines or hanging my food bag. Processing food in some instances. If it’s of quality steel it can be used for batoning/processing fire wood. Making feathersticks. Making stakes on the go. Self defense. It’s a tool. Some people even use Leatherman multitools for the assortment of options.
As for my personal luxury item, I’ll occasionally bring a solar charger if I’m off grid for more than two days. A lightweight pillow always. And usually some form of fire starting material above and beyond lighters and ferro rods for additional redundancy.
I bring an old fashioned transistor FM radio. Like to catch up on news, listen to music, and it also has weather channels.
Amazing!!
I have done that once or twice. Those multi-band hand-crank/rechargeable radios are not too heavy. But you can also get a radio phone app for your phone.
On a daily basis I always carry a folding knife in my pockets. It's unbelievable how many times I have to cut something at home, at work or elsewhere.
Whether I'm backpacking or hiking I replace the folding model with a fixed blade like a Morakniv Kansbol. It's always handy for preparing food, cutting ropes, preparing firewood, etc.
I take a book, as in the paperback varietal. I took an REI stool on last trip as a goof now I’ll bring it with every trip.
Hi,
I always bring binoculars. Lets me see wildlife close up and is useful for navigation. Also I like a really thick sleeping pad for a better sleep.
Regards Gerry.
Karabar, Australia
The best part of backpacking is all the gear we collect… and I do mean a collection!!! 😂. So each trip dictates. The overnight trips I’ll bring whatever I feel like regardless of weight… the longer the trip, the more thought I put into what I bring… But Chair Zero always!
So true. I am up to five tents now, and I have my eyes on the new Tarptent DiPole ll.
I just organized my gear this fall. Just the stuff in bins is 8' tall and 5' wide. Then there are the bigger items of roughly double that volume.
Of course, I NEED ALL OF IT (or so I tell my wonderful-but-skeptical wife).
I always take a small usb fan.. I have to have my fan! ☺️ oh and a chair 😉.
Thumbs on taking a book!
I just bought a 2lb boat from garage grown gear. I'm so excited to use it on those alpine lakes!
Amazing!!!
I have a high back chair, my bible And an SAS guide to read. But my real bulk comes from the extra blankets and clothes because me getting cold is bad for my health.
I took my sis to the Scott Lake area with my adult sons for her 1st ever backpack trip. It was a disaster. We missed the side trail to the lake we were hiking to, there were still snow mounds making things unclear, thunder and lighting and the MOSQUITOES! I think it was those buggers that caused us to miss the side trail. If the thermacell works, I’d bring in an instant. My luxuries tend to be a can of wine or a bit of something stronger, my ear buds and a power bank, sometimes booties AND sandals and something to eat for the first night that is awkward otherwise, like a mufffin, pizza or sandwich.
Will she ever go backpacking again or did the mosquitoes kill the experience for your sister?
I love your video's 🤗 Thank you for making and sharing them 😉🌲🌲
Thank you so much for watching Levi!
Knives are a guys best friend😊 my group carries one for pocket to cut cordage. A belt knife to process kindling (winter and wet weather camping). And maybe for a sense of protection.
Been known to bring hatchets and pocket saws too. In all fairness our hikes are 4-5 miles in to stay 2 nights. Our fires are usually pretty big and burn for several hours.
Surprised no one brings a small radio with earphones. I don’t download music to my phone. Kind of fun to listen to obscure radio stations in the deep dark night.
Thanks for clarifying the knife thing 👍🏼
Great video. As for ideas for future topics (don't know if you've already covered):
1. Urban hikes, places in the city for an outdoor-like experience.
2. Interviews/stories about people who survived harrowing hiking experiences (the setting, how they got out, etc...)
3. Historical videos; earlier hiking pioneers, early hiking companies, etc...
4. Comment on celebrities who hike and the gear they use (I know, clickbait, but hey, a channel's got to grow.)😀
5. Camp in unusual places ( a la Steve Wallis).
6. Visit remote locations of past events (where DB Cooper is thought to have landed, etc...).
That's all I got for now. Best wishes with the channel in the new year.
These are all really cool and unique video ideas. I greatly appreciate them!!!
@@HikeOregon Hey thanks. After three cups of coffee I'm pretty good at brainstorming 😀. Cheers!
Living in Southern Oregon I have learned that the Thermacell is a necessity. I find them to work ok around camp and great if other people have them, but where they shine is having it by my tent. I set it up next to my tent and I can get in and out of my tent with only of few of them entering it. I use my "empties" to run it. It takes very little fuel. More weight but I keep from going crazy.
Amazing! I can’t wait to try it.
Knives are good for cutting a stick for fire starter or to strike a flint for a fire or cutting food or cord, I don’t get why this is so confusing lol people use knives everyday….. dont they? I guess to some people it become more vulgar when used out of the kitchen? 🤔🤔🤔
Fun video! I bought the tent with the mountain glow lights because it was the only one available at the time. I thought it was silly, but after trying it out, it's a really nice addition!
For video ideas, how about an overview of outdoor related organizations that you think are good to support? There are so many out there if you go looking, that it can become overwhelming.
I love this video idea. Thank you!
Great idea.
You have a business where I think taking a DSLR would be a necessity.
True
Fun video! Love hearing what people take with them.
"literally" dammit lady, you were doing so well.
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Nothin better than rolling papers and light weight!😵💫
Wow so many items i never thought of great info.
Merry christmas :)
I switched to hammock camping as it gives me a place to sleep and a place to sit. Allowing me more space to pack items for my 🐶 dog. Happy holidays 🥾🏔🇨🇦❤️
That makes a lot of sense.
Dog stuff can be heavy. Have you considered cutting that pack weight by switching to hiking with a cat?
Regarding future topics, may I suggest you turn to doing thematic trail interviews with other backpackers you encounter?
I have thought of doing it myself (reporting degree), but I am coming off a complicated dog attack hernia injury from March and haven't been able to hike all year and maybe won't throughout '23 as I slowly recover. Nobody is doing those on a regular basis, and it is a bottomless well of potential content.
Great idea. But I’m never sure what to ask people.
@@HikeOregon"Who? What? Why? Where? How?". You can't go wrong with those lines of questioning.
For example, the video theme could be about how long are the trips people are taking.
"Who are you? How long are your typical trips? Why? When did you take your longest trip? Where?"
And you could do many, many gear review interviews. Most people are carrying at least one piece of gear they would like to talk about on a hike during a food break.
If you dehydrate meals, it would be cool to see some of your ideas..
I highly recommend you make a pouch from Reflectix to keep your dehydrated foods hot long enough to fully hydrate.
"Call me Ishmael..."
This is gonna' be lengthy. And mannnn - I am going to come off as a glamper here.
My "luxury" items:
A Luci light or lightweight rechargable LED camp lantern for reading a 250-odd-page paperback book at night on solo trips, especially for long winter nights.
A Light My Fire knife, which I use to feather sticks or scrap the inside of dry bark to fuel a bird's nest for the gassifying Trail Designs Ti-Tri Siderwinder wood stove I prefer (which also burns wet alcohol and dried alcohol cubes). When it is wet, it is nice to burn twigs to make a warm cook fire. I don't need to find branch's and logs for a fire. Just twigs. Much less fuel consumed, so much less work.
The knife also comes with a firestarter in the handle. It holds an edge supremely-well for a cheap, lightweight knife.
I have also used the knife to cut or slice moleskin, cordage, meat, and wild mushrooms.
Additionally, I carry the knife because about one or two of every 50 people I have encountered backpacking have been pretty weird in a concerning way. I don't want to be caught in a creepy, threatening situation without a defensive tool, like happened to the two couples on the AT with that "Sojourner" freak.
Besides, I was bitten twice in one night through my tent at the Liberty Spring Campsite on Franconia Ridge by what I think was a curious fisher. Yeah, really. That was a lonnnnng night.
Having a knife and can of bear spray next to my head helps me sleep better, especially on solo trips.
In warm and hot weather, I have brought a Sea To Summit Pocket Shower.
It was a lifesaver when I was suffering heat exhaustion in 95°F/99% humidity during a boiling July heatwave on the AT in CT after just 3.5 miles to camp on the first day with my wife.
I could not hydrate fast enough to keep up with my sweating as we hiked.
I was wobbling like a Weeble when setting our trekking pole tent. I think it took me 25 minutes or so. It should take 5.
But after that, I took a cold shower and felt completely restored. I slept like a hibernating bear that night.
My wife didn't want a cold shower and didn't want to bother with boiling water, so she skipped the shower and was sticky and icky all night long, barely sleeping. So is it a luxury item in that situation?
I also have a Chair Zero for some trips. It would be the least-likely item I would carry.
I always bring a clean change for sleepware of socks, cotton boxer briefs and a synthetic long-sleeve shirt.
I carry a ZPacks combination pillow/stuff sack stuffed with my puffy, but be warned, I think the zipper on it put a slow leak in a fairly new BA sleeping pad, and I still can't find the leak!!! Remove the zipper pull and replace it with a string pull.
I also carry a Sea To Summit air pillow to put between my knees and as a backup head pillow if I have to wear my puffy.
I also have down pants and down booties for those 10°F trips.
Last, I always carry a Hemplights by which to light alcohol stoves, wood stoves, camp fires and other "burn ables". They are awesome!
I don't bring all of these items on every trip. I suppose I average about 3-to-4 pounds of "luxury" items per-trip, depending on the season and duration.
I think I could make a good argument that half of these things are not "luxury" items.
If it is 0°F at night, are down pants and booties luxuries?
If you suffer a broken limb bone and need to make a splint, is a knife a luxury item?
What if you lose or burn your stove fuel faster than you had planned on a winter trip, and there is not much wood fuel for an open campfire, or campfires are disallowed? Is a gassifying twig stove to cook hot meals and warm you up (especially if even your best winter sleep system is not enough) a luxury item? Or is it a purposeful tool?
And I would argue that everybody should carry two lights at all times at night. If your headlamp quits on your midnight journey to the privy on a moonless, cloudless night, you will not be able to see your hand in front of your face, I kid you not. That is a factual likelihood. You will have to sit there and wait for daylight, regardless of the conditions. A second light can be vital.
Okay - tear me apart. You have to understand that I have been backpacking since the early '80s. Back then, 60-pound pack weights were common in non-summer or above-treeline conditions. I am accustomed to carrying heavier packs, and my Seek Outside Divide pack can carry 50 lbs. more-comfortably than my ZPacks Arc Haul can carry 35 lbs.
Or to put this way, debate me on the needlessness of carrying a Pocket Shower at the end of a day of hiking in 95°F/99% humidity on steep New England mountain trails.
As to the guy carrying a glass bong - YIKES! Do yourself a favor and take a gander at the titanium backpacker's Dangle Bong by Dangle Supply. I got one as an Xmas gift for a buddy last year and he LOVES IT! It will last long enough to become a cherished family heirloom. Your great, great, great grand-kids will be huffing on it 200 years from now.
If your are backpacking and need to pee what do you do?
You hold it
Go off trail and pee. Away from water.
You go off trail and away from any water sources and you pee.
@@HikeOregon Is there enough hiding place as a Lady?
@@silaslutjohann1530 Where I hike here in Oregon and California, absolutely!
Vibrators are pretty booshy