Backpacking

• Involves hiking to a camping location while carrying a pack which contains food and gear for the hikers.

  Backpacking
• It usually involves at least one night of outdoor camping, but can last for months of hikers replenish their supplies along the way.

  Backpacking
• Travelers have camped and used packs for centuries. Where and when the word "backpack" in reference to travel pack first appeared?

  America, 1914
• What is the reason why camping became a common recreation during the First World War?

  Because it is inexpensive and pleasurable
• Three Zones of Packing

  • Bottom Zone

  • Core Zone

  • Top Zone
• Good for bulky gear and items not necessary needed until camp.

  Bottom Zone
• Sleeping supplies (pillow, bedding)

  Camp Shoes


  Bottom Zone
• Packing of this kind of soft, and squishy gear at the bottom also creates a kind of internal shock- absorption system for your back and your pack.

  Sleeping Supplies and Camp Shoes
• Good for your denser or heavier items.

  Core Zone
• Food Trash, Cooking kits, water reservoir

  Core Zone
• Surrounding of the Core Zone

  • Tent body

  • Tent footprint

  • Extra Clothings
• Packing heavy items here helps create a stable center of gravity and directs the load downward rather than backward. Place to low, heavy gear causes a pack to sag; placed to high, it makes a pack feel tippy.

  Core Zone
• Good for bulkier essentials you might need on the trail.


  Top-of-Pack-Zone
• Insulated Jackets

  Pants

  First Aid Kit

  Toilet Supplies


  Top-of-Pack Item
• Good for essentials you'll need urgently or often.

  Accessory Pocket
• Accessory Pockets


  Map

  Compass

  GPS

  Sunglasses

  Headlamp

  Bug spray

  Snacks

  Water Bottle
• Good for oversized or overly long items


  Tool Loops and Lash-On Points
• Tool Loops and Lash-On Points

  Tent Poles

  Climbing Rope
• The Art of knowing what not to take.


  Backpacking