How to Hike and Backpack for Multiple Days : How to Pack for an Overnight Hike

Learn how to pack for a multi-day hike, including how to maximize your backpack space and what to bring along with you, in this free hiking video series.

Expert: Kate Carcio
Contact: www.zoaroutdoor.com
Bio: Kate Carcio, a white water rafting guide, and climbing instructor at Zoar Outdoor, has enjoyed hiking and backpacking all of her life.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• multi-day
• hiking
• backpacking
• walking
• mountains
• trails
• gear
• water
• no-trace

[caesarro1]

damn this broad sounds high. i bet she likes to blaze, that's why she forgot her tent

[peutch]

Even with a 60L backpack (for a day hike), you have to make choices: it was either the tent, or the two kilos of weed she's going to smoke over the next 24h.

[temujin667]

expertvillage always has the best comments on youtube.

[multitoollover]

Ahe aounda drunk and looks like a pot head

[MrGreenjeep97]

This video is wrong..The heavier items should go on top so that the weight is distributed to the waist belt and not on the shoulder straps, which causes fatigue.

[2kargarage1]

Damn sounds drunk.

[n0d0ubt007]

whatever shes smoking, I want some of it..

[dunfamalb]

@lustring Some men must have very low standards when they get in the woods, kinda like the ones who let you into their tents, eh? Freakin' hound.

[DeeWeext]

This movie must be for the ladies. Guys dont bring food, they kill things, they don't use sleeping bags, they skin the animals and sleep inside the corpses.. and they don't use toilet things. HUAR!

[lustring]

There is a reason why she didn't get her tent, cause women are get into men's tent, that's universal rule, so , get over it, she is a true master.

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

@brymche : I left my comment and I walked away. You replying to me about what I said is the ONLY reason this conversation (you didn't want to hear any more of) continued. Don't want to hear more? Don't fucking reply dumbass!

[brymche]

@AClRCLEOFLlGHT Oh my god just lay off the women thing already, It's getting annoying. I don't want to listen to someone who says things like, "Women do this, women do that." If you have something useful and meaningful to say, say it. If not, shut up already.

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

@brymche : Your comment was empty and meaningless if you first accuse me of not hiking, then turn around and say "who cares". Apparently you did, enough to start out your comment with it, then calling me sexist just because you didn't like what I said, even though it was true.

Women do that. They create an argument when there is none, then when someone replies they say, "who cares". Its so stupid. Derp derp, you cared or your wouldn't have said anything.

[brymche]

@AClRCLEOFLlGHT Again with the bragging about how far you hiked... Who the **** cares?!?!

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

@brymche : I backpack all the time. Back in August of this year I hiked from the Oregon/Washington Border to the Canada line and back. Why do some women scream sexism to everything that's true? I never said she couldn't do it, I just said she'd need more stuff if she went on an extended hike than most guys would.

The girl in this video packed toothpicks for crying out loud. Hiking through the woods and she needs toothpicks?  If truth is sexist, that's your problem not mine.

[brymche]

@badsushichef I bet you can. He's just a sexist loner.

[brymche]

@AClRCLEOFLlGHT Haha. Don't go around saying you have done things that you haven't or can't. I am a woman and I take all your comments as insults. It's not our fault you're so sexist! I completely agree with badsishichef!

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

@badsushichef : women are over 50% of the world population, but that's irrelevant. I've been in a lot of situations where women were packing for flights, trips, camping, hiking... and never once did any of them know how to pack accordingly. If going to the same place and spending the same amount of time, women will almost always have more baggage. Its not "sweeping" to say something like that. It's just true, and you have a problem with it.

[badsushichef]

@AClRCLEOFLlGHT You shouldn't make such sweeping statements on 50% of the world population. If I were to do the same thing regarding men based on your post, then I would be saying that all men are a bunch of crybabies who can't take the slightest ribbing. Sheesh.

[badsushichef]

@AClRCLEOFLlGHT I presume too much? And this comes from someone who says to never take backpacking advice from a woman because it's scientific fact? Pot meet kettle?

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

@badsushichef : no doubt you could probably tough it out for a while. Being a woman doesn't make a difference... but leaves and moss don't help with that time of the month, and you'd probably get attacked by some starving animal who picked up your trail. Not a joke.

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

@badsushichef : You presume too much. I've gone 4 months, and I didn't have any trouble so I could have doubled it if I didn't need to work to pay bills. I've hiked from South Carolina to Canada and back with less that a 20 lb pack.

[badsushichef]

@AClRCLEOFLlGHT I'm a woman, and I bet I can last in the wilderness with nothing far longer than you can. :P

[slodeth5]

Kate! I think I'm in love with you. Hey! Wouldn't it be easier to fold the sleeping pad in two, roll it up, tie and bow a nylon string around it, or just set it in the pack as a liner? I've found through the years they get punctured more from walking through the woods with them on the outside of the pack. Thanks for the video. Still solid advice.

[sportsfreak936]

hahahahahahhahaahaha.

kate i cant wait to see you this winter.

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

WHOA!!! Way too much crap! For those looking on tips for backpacking, you would be wise to study up on survival guides, edible plant guides etc. Doing so can lighten your pack by 50%, because you won't need so much junk.

This girl packed freaking toothpicks? All the stems, twigs, pine needles and wood splinters all around her and she needed to bring toothpicks?

Never take packing advice from a woman. Its a scientific law.

[ixtasis]

No tent?