What to put in your backpack

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To walk we leave the house with the shoes that we have already tried and we appreciate for their comfort, practical and breathable trousers and t-shirt and maybe with a hat on; we also slopped sunscreen onto our skin when needed. It's easier to walk by emptying the pockets of keys, mobile phone, wallet, paper handkerchiefs and sunglasses in a pouch. If we go miles away and for hours we have to drink. We will choose the hiking backpack of a sufficient size to fit the essential objects in relation to the route and our request to be free from impediments.

How to distribute objects

Lightweight and well-distributed equipment allows you to move comfortably, reducing fatigue and finding what you are looking for quickly and easily. On the bottom you can arrange the more voluminous objects that you do not need during the excursion, such as the sleeping bag, along the back soft objects, such as spare clothes, a towel. Above the fragile objects and those you want to have at hand, gloves, hat, headband, vest. Outside, put as little as possible, bottles and flasks, sticks, in vertical position and with the plastic tip inserted so as not to get hurt or hurt someone. The side pockets of an ultralight backpack allow you to take small items and drink without taking it off. Pay attention to sharp objects, placing them so as not to cause annoyance.

What to put in your hiking backpack

Hiking in the mountains requires tools for personal identification, navigation, protection from the sun, insulation from the elements, lighting, first aid supplies, nutrition, hydration, and even more (making a fire, tool repair kit, emergency shelter). You will carry this weight on your shoulders throughout the day, which will only decrease by the weight of the water you drink. By forgetting some items you need and carrying others you will never use, you will learn what to put in your backpack. Specifically, in a backpack for a day trip you must not miss:

• water bottle or flask, the quantity you need, at least one and a half liters
• sugar sachets, complex sugars such as maltodextrins, energy bars, dehydrated fruit
• wallet, with an identity document and some cash
• keys, to the house, to the car
• mobile phone, with a charged battery, which in addition to being a telecommunication tool is also GPS and lighting
• topographic map if you don't know the place
• headlamp, with charged batteries. We have not planned to walk in the dark, but the hike may take longer than expected
• spare shirt, socks and underwear
• a light vest, preferably waterproof
• towel
• cap with visor and sunglasses with protective lenses from UV rays, a bandana, essential when there is wind to replace the cap
• under gloves, headband and a cap that covers the ears
• paper handkerchiefs and cleaning handkerchiefs
• biodegradable plastic bags, at least one to collect their own excrement and one for the garbage
• sunscreen to be spread at the beginning of the walk, and when needed, to protect the skin from the sun's rays
• surgical mask or FFP2 as long as the Covid-19 epidemic persists
• first aid kit (sterile gauze, elastic band, plasters, cotton wool, latex gloves, scissors, disinfectant, thermal blanket, etc.)

Personal effects, wallet, keys, mobile phone, and the lamp must be kept in the safest place in the backpack, inside a closed zip.

Other items that are best to have are: charger wire, charger, whistle, utility knife, trekking poles for challenging climbs, lip butter and cocoa, spyglass, flashlight, waterproof backpack cover, small umbrella based on weather forecasts, spare hat, food as needed, for those who love photography a professional camera. When there is snow, poles are recommended for better balance, crampons or small crampons, gaiters and, if there are exposed sections, an ice ax.
If the excursion lasts two or more days, add a sleeping bag to sleep in, comfortable slippers that can also be used for a shower in a refuge, toothbrush and toothpaste, a bar of soap.

What do I put in my backpack

The more you go to the mountains, the more you appreciate freedom, understood as distancing yourself from the world in search of silence, discovering nature, feeling better or healthy, meeting, which manifests itself in joy and gratitude towards creation. This bliss is appreciated when one is not burdened with an excessive weight on one's shoulders. Like so many others, I like to walk ultralight, which turns into running when I'm trained.

In the summer, I walk with sunlight on the Grignone with a minimal technical backpack with towel, vest, wallet, mobile phone, house keys, a packet of handkerchiefs, a biodegradable bag, sunglasses holder inside. There is also sunscreen when I have to repeat the spreading operation, in any case I will not stay still in the sun with my skin uncovered. If I stay below Pialeral and it's not hot, I don't take a drink with me because I know the mountain and where the water springs are.
With the snow, I put the above in my backpack (missing the first aid kit), starting with Pasturo, Balisio or Barzio with sports shoes that have low or medium uppers. If my excursion involves climbing over about 1500 meters of the Pialeral, in my backpack there are boots, which I will wear to the place that is the watershed between a simple excursion and one with a certain degree of difficulty. In winter, for a hike in the mountains, I should imagine that there may be ice, not forgetting to insert a pair of useful crampons so as not to risk slipping.

References

1. "How to properly pack your hiking backpack". Salomon. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
2. "10 Things You Should Bring On Every Day Hike". Clever hiker. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
3. Shaefer, Anna. "Is Maltodextrin Bad for Me?". healthline. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
4. "First-Aid Kit". The Hiking Life. Retrieved 22 March 2022.