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How to Fit a Week's Gear into a Weekend PackDon't own a massive pack for your big annual adventure? Here's how to make it all fit.Photos by Jennifer Howe / howephoto.us
1: Use compression sacks for sleeping bags and puffy clothing.
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I am not one who judges, but are those thongs on slide #2? I found that quite interesting, other than that, good article.
— DeadMeat
Any recommendations on a good chest pack for a DSLR camera?
Also, I find that placing the sleeping bag in a stuff sack can cause problems, especially when I need to carry a bear canister in the pack as well. Having a semi-rigid package (i.e. the stuffed sleeping bag) does not utilize all the nooks and crannies of the pack well. I just place the sleeping bag at the bottom and stuff it into corners and into unused space around other things in my pack.
— Luke
uummm... who's thong is that ..??
— brady
Re how to pack a week's worth of supplies into a weekend pack?
Answer: Get a packgoat - a great trail friend who will carry all of your gear (except your own 20 essentials, of course).
— Donna
Yep, those are some good idea's alright! Good for summer packin. But in the winter the game changes with the possibility of Hypothermia. So err on the side of caution, get a bigger pack to start with if your not planning to own two packs right off the bat. Just load the bigger pack lighter in the summer and when old man winter blows his stuff at you, then you've got the room for all that winter clothing you have to have to survive freezin temps out there. Believe me, I tried to winter hike with a smaller summer pack and it aint no fun I gotta tell you. I later purchased an osprey argon 110 for winter camping and it made all the differance! Taking down winter camp every morning with a small 4000cu pack is a hassle I can live with out. But it works great for summer! those are some excellant ideas BP.
— Mountaingoat/Atlanta
really good tips. by the way, i really like the green beanie, if you could let me know what brand and where you got it that would be great. Thanks!
— Kirk
Um, is that a thong in picture two? Like you couldn't find room for that little thing somewhere!
— NewBackpacker
TIP 34: Choose Leather
Hike in leather boots instead of nylon-upper boots to save 23 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. Since hiking-boot leather is a byproduct of the food industry, it avoids the carbon cost of petroleum pumped for the fabrication of synthetic fibers like nylon.
Um, plastics are made from the waste products of the oil industry.
— Anonymous
Food for thought or fuel for thought. If you have the lighter or matches and need some fast burning kindling and u happen to have them with you(not sure why you would maybe on a day hike or over niter) use potato chips. They flame like crazy.
— JK again
Just curious on where I would find a DSLR holster like that?
— Liam
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