What to take on a hiking trip

When you leave the comfort of your home you really want to make sure that you have everything that you might need to be out in the wild. Since there are no stores and most likely no cellphone reception forgetting about your sleeping bag becomes a bigger ordeal. So let us show you what to take on a hiking trip.

Clothing

• Rain jacket
• Rain pants
• Gaiters
• 2 sock liners (wool)
• 2 thick socks (wool)
• 1 big warm sock (wool)
• 3 underwear
• 1 sport bra
• 1 pair of pants
• 1 legging + 1 extra for winter
• 1 t-shirt in summer
• Fleece
• 2 long sleeve shirt
• Tuque
• Liner gloves (warm gloves for winter)
• Down jacket
• Buff / Bandana
• Hiking boots
• Sandals for summer or winter booties to wear at camp

* Make sure all your clothes are either synthetic or wool. Cotton clothing once wet will not keep you warm.

Miscellaneaous

• Tent + poles + pegs
• Sleeping bag with compression bag
• Thermarest
• Hiking Poles
• Backpack
• Pack cover
• Dry bag
• Thermometer
• Rope & carabineers
• 1 big garbage bag
• Rite in the rain + pencil
• Compass
• Topographic Maps
• Glow stick
• Sunglasses
• Bear spray
• Route plan
• Whistle

Kitchen

•  Cooking pot+ pot handle
• Whisperlite international backpacking stove or Biolite stove
• White gas
• Spork
• Bowl
• Mug
• Folding spatula
• Swiss knife
• Dish rag + scrub
• Water bottle + Duct tape
• Dehydrated food + 1 extra day for emergency

Toiletteries

• Elastic bands
• Deodorant
• Diva cup + sani-pads for the ladies
• Toilet paper
• Lip balm
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Nail clippers

First Aid kit

•  Band-aids
• Tensor wrap + baby pins
• Gauze wrap
• Alchool swabs
• Moleskin (Blister kit)
• Steri-strips
• Ibuprofen

Electronics

• Solar panel + cable
• Battery pack
• Cellphone
• SPOT Connect
• Headlamp
• Camera+ extra batteries + charger + SD cards

*These will vary greatly from one individual to another. We make movies about our adventures thus packing more camera gear than most people.

Repair kit/ Emergency

• Emergency blanket
• Goretex patch
• Needles/thread
• Zip ties
• Glue + Thermarest patch
• Extra AAA batteries for headlamp
• Extra AA batteries for SPOT Connect and GPS
• Lighter and fire starter (flint stone)
• Fishing line +hook
• Water purification tablets or water filter

Packing properly is the key to enjoying your time out in the woods. Be Wildly Intrepid and get out there. It recharges your batteries and frees your mind from its daily stress. So now remember what to take on a hiking trip and enjoy some adventures.

Aspire and Live Wildly Intrepid!

Alex