 Testies, testies, earned d'étoire. All right, welcome to another video. Today we're gonna take a look at the stuff that I use for multi-day backpacking trips and we're gonna have a few hints and tips along the way so stay tuned. Right, this is the base kit. We're not including the walking poles in the overall weight or food and drink and fuel. So this is just the base kit of what I take with me. So this kit, basically, let me just take you through it. This kit is geared around multi-day hikes in wet weather conditions. So bear that in mind. These are my trekking poles, cork handles, because they're just more comfy the longer distances you're doing. And a top tip is gaffer tape. Just keep some gaffer tape around your pole. You don't wear it now and it can, it's good for fixing your jackets, your sleeping baggy tent, all manner of different things. Right, on the outside of the pack, I'll use this now. I've got my, this is another top tip. This is my z-light, part of my z-light, because you can get one of these for, I don't know how much they are, I'll put it up here now. And you can cut the bottom bit off and then you can still have the rest of it as a pad and this makes the perfect z-pad for me. The other ones that you get are a little bit too small. This is just ideal to be used as a porch outside your tent or just when you stop to keep your ass from getting wet. Also, on the outside, just a simple rain jacket. The top of the range of rain jackets, man, the cost, you can be paying up to 300 quid for a rain jacket and I'm not playing that, not playing that game just yet. This is a Frog Togs. Excellent reviews online about these. It's cheap, it's simple and it's waterproof. That's all you need. Let's take a look in the top part. First thing we get to is the old DD rain cover. It's gonna be wet where I'm going. Let's just say I'm doing the West Island way in Scotland so it's gonna be wet. For multi-day hikes, it's key to keep dry. Also in here, this, I wanna show you this actually. This is ultra light. For this long distance hike, I didn't wanna buy a load of new stuff because I've got a full room dedicated to camping gear. So I can just go in there and choose whatever I want out of my old kit and there's no point in me buying loads of new stuff but I have a new phone and it doesn't fit the pockets on the Osprey 48 like it does on the Aether. So what I've done to counter that is I've got this. Folds inside out and you have the perfect mumbag which it's got a zip pocket in the front which can trail mix bits and pieces and then a decent sized back pocket which can fit my phone, my batteries, camera, whatever you want. And then that goes at the front of me and then the Osprey side pouch is either side. So I've got three pouches in the front of me and it's really cool. It's really good. It's comfy and you just fold it inside out to store it simple real quick and you just pop that back in your bag or in your pocket, whatever you want. It's got a little attachment thing there. These are excellent. Come in a lot of different colors as well, sir. Get it. What else in top one? Oh, some of this stuff, man, in case you get a sprain. I sprain my ankle early doors on the curse to curse and some dude who I got chatting with sorted me out with some of this and it strapped my ankle up and it did the trick, sir. Always take that with me. This, let me show you this. I'm probably not going to take it but it's a little rechargeable motorized doohickey for blowing up the air bed. Don't weigh much at all. I'm just toying with the idea. As soon as we can get out, I'm going to trial it properly on multi-day hikes but you see you can recharge there and I just think after a full day's hiking, one of the things I don't like doing is blowing up my mat. So if that can do it for me, it's worth a little bit of extra weight. The first aid kit is just in a ziplock bag and it's just really simple. We've just got anti-histamines, painkillers, laster-plast, compedes, very important. Also for Scotland, a ticky. I've been on a few walks around and about recently and I've seen warnings for ticks which I've not seen before. And last year, each year I keep getting more and more, so this is important. I did a mini-video on how to get this out on Instagram, how to use this on Instagram, which I'll put up now. Get out the shower, notice in the shower, this little bleeder, which is a tick. This is tick season. I've noticed more ticks out there this year than any other. So, twist, pop him out, there you go, look. There he is. Tick extraction in underpants. Good morning, have a good day. It's just, you just get it round and twist it, twist it and pull it out. There's two different keys there for one for the tiny little boys and one for the big lads. On this, which is just, it weighs now and it's just a few waterproof matches, a scalpel safety pin, bit of fishing line. Whatever, it don't weigh out and it's coming with me. Into the bag we go. Come on, come into the bag with me. My air bed is the Neo X-Therm and I'll be going in spring, so it'll still be pretty cold, so this will give me insulation and comfort. My tent of choice is the Lanshan 2 Pro and that'll be set up with my black diamond walking poles. I've done a few mods with this. I've put some Dyneema up in there to use as just to hang my socks on and my light and whatnot and these I have, which are metal, which will replace the flimsy plastic ones that come with the Lanshan. My electrics, which are just a couple of spare batteries for my camera, my earphones, and anchor battery charger. And also in there is my torch. Not the lightest of torches, but I bought this from Decathlon when I left mine at home one time when I went to see Joey D and it's become my favorite torch. It's just really good and it's got a recharge. You can have a rechargeable battery or disposable batteries and yeah, really like it. So that's coming with me, gloves bag. All we've got is I've got this rab synthetic, this rab layer, really light, really good for wicking sweat. I have me Aklima Merino wool leggings, shout out Nordic Outdoors. I'll put a link to them below and I'll just pop them on when I set up my camp. Got a buff snood, which will also double up as a COVID face protection unit. It's the world we live in. I've got these, which are, these are excellent, down, tough socks. And I'll have one which I'll always wear for bed and around in the tent, so never to get wet. And we'll have these and the ones that I'm wearing, which I'll rotate and wash where and when I can. What else we got? An extra pair of pants. I'll just take two pairs of duds and just rotate them. It's all right, getting a bit scruffy. You're not out there to do out other than hike. And a thin pair of Northridge gloves, just to stop the wind chill when I'm using my hiking sticks and when I get back to camp. Now, I thought long and hard about this, because it is extra weight, but I'm gonna take it anyway. And this is my Outfit Hunker XL Bivvy Bag, because Scotland is notoriously wet and you don't get any let up. You have to prepare for a week or two of just solid rain. So I don't want my sleeping bag to be getting wet and losing its intuitive properties. So I decided to take this with me. My Bivvy Bag will go over my sleeping bag while I'm in the tent to stop condensation, getting to the sleeping bag. And if the weather's fine, fingers crossed, if the weather's fine and I feel a bit daring, then I'll just use this instead of my tent. Just put it over myself, bag in the bottom, and a quick kip in that pillow of choice. I'm going with the Trekology. Trekology pillow. Comfort is key when you do multi-day heights, you need the kip. So I'm not gonna go ultra, ultra light. This is my cook kit. I've got my pot stand. Pot stand, turks, 500 mil, titanium pot. Now, I did use the BSR, a little small wispy stove on my coast to coast, but it eventually did let me down. So I've gone for some with a bit more robust, the MSR Pocket Rocket, and my folding titanium spork. That's got a gas canister in there, but it's got hardly out in it, so. And a little sponge to dry up and wash with. Towel, and then underneath there is a little bit lighter. That's all self-contained. Right, what else we got? There we go. Right. I got these Delta pegs. I've got metal stakes for this tent, but these four will just go on each corner. I'm going at a time here where the weather can be very changeable, so I just wanna be safe. I'm not have to worry about my tent, so I've gone for them. Little possibles pouch, quickly run through this. I've got a compass and wet wipes. And here we've got my, there's a travel tooth brush, travel tooth paste, and earplugs. Essential for any camping trip. I've got my Opinel knife. That's my knife of choice, lightweight. Love it. I'm taking this with me. It has the magnesium and the ferro rod on there. Get out of jail free car in case my lighter cacks it. I can start fires and stuff with that. And then this is a top tip for anyone. Hand warmers. The bit in whether it's taking with me or not, but during winter and when it's a bit cold, if you just crack a couple of these and chuck them in your sleeping bag before you get in at night, that is a top tip. It'll do your wonders. And then, well, that's it mate. Last thing. And then the sleeping bag is, I've got a time idea of getting a new lighter sleeping bag and all that, but I don't need one. Stick to what I've got. The Yelp Kit, three season pipe dream. Love it. That's the soya micro squeeze for purifying water. It's part of my family. And that's it. That's all my kit, weighing in at 7.4 kilograms. And then there's just the stuff that I'll be wearing, which I'm still up in the air about. I'm still testing out my new Lauer boots. I've put many miles in on them and they're working out very well. They're not as light as the Solomon, but they're a lot sturdier. And that's what I want. I want a lot of ankle support for this one. Ooh, right. Just as it's starting to rain. And that's my kit. It's gonna be, I'm gonna tweak it a little bit and there's a few of the little bits and pieces that I'm gonna be taking with me. So I'll do a little update a day or two before I go. But for now, that's it. And I hope you've enjoyed the video. I hope you've learned something or gathered something from it. I better get this kit away. It's starting to rain. Thanks for watching and I'll see you all soon. Ta-ta.