How to pack a hiking backpack diagram
How to Pack Your Backpack the Right Way | Outside
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hi my name is Taylor G I'm an editorial
fellow here at outside magazine and last
summer I flew hiked the Pacific Crest
Trail so today what I wanted to show you
was how I packed my backpack which is an
important skill to learn if you want to
be happy and not miserable on the trail
so this is how I did it so when I was
packing my backpack you know I could
think of it in four different categories
you have what's on the bottom what's in
the middle what's on top and what's in
the accessory pockets often on the
outside knowing those different
categories and the weight distribution
is really important to packing your
backpack right the very first thing I
always put in my backpack is my sleeping
bag and there are a few different
reasons for that one of the reasons is
that you always want your lightest gear
at the bottom of your backpack a lot of
people think your backpack should be
like a grocery bag where you're trying
to put like the heaviest items at the
bottom and lighter weight stuff on top
you don't want to do that for your
backpack it's gonna hurt your back so
the most common thing is to put your
sleeping bag at the bottom because it
takes up quite a bit of volume for not
that much weight it also is something
that you're not going to need to use
until the very end of your day and your
stayed in that camp so there's no
problem to keep it at the bottom of your
backpack and you can just leave it there
for your entire hike
so to finish off the bottom section of
my pack I would usually put in the other
pieces of gear that I wouldn't need
until I set up my sleep system at night
so that would include my base layer
clothing my sleeping pad which is also
relatively lightweight and I won't need
when I'm hiking during the day
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and finally the sleeping bag liner which
I would also not use until the end of
the day
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after I have the bottom section which is
supposed to be lighter weight completed
I would usually go to the middle section
the middle section is where you want
your heaviest items you out not only do
you want them in the middle you want
them to be as close to your back as
possible
so usually what I would do is I would
put adjacent one another my ear sack
which is where I keep my food
and then right next to that one of the
other heavier bigger items I have is my
backpacking tent
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and they would go side by side to one
another in addition to my food sack I
will usually put on top of that my stove
system that will usually just go right
on top of my ear sack and now the three
heaviest items I don't have which in my
case was the tent the stove in the earth
sack are in the middle are closest to my
back in order to be the most comfortable
to carry on a 20 25 mile hike after you
have the middle section done what you
want at the very top are things that are
maybe not as heavy as the middle section
but things that you'll want maybe take
out regularly you're put back in to your
backpack throughout the day while you're
hiking so for example I would usually
have my mid layer go above the earth
sacks Tove and tent in my backpack
so at this point when I have completed
the midsection of my backpack going to
the top section with my lighter mid
layer but I would usually do is I would
close up backpack by pulling the
drawstring and clicking into the brain
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and for the final items of my kit I
would use and put them on the exterior
pockets or in the brain of the backpack
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so in this which is arguably one of the
most accessible sections of your
backpack I would put a few lighter
weight items which I might went through
the day for example my backpack of rain
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there are a few electronics I would take
and put it in my brain for example my
external battery charger headphones
stuff that I might want to grab without
having to unpack the whole backpack
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and I would usually do some small stuff
like toiletries as well
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so once the interior the backpack is
packed that's when I would start using
the external pockets those are really
handy for something that you want to
take out really quick or something that
might be wet and you want to dry in the
Sun a couple different things that I
would keep in there for example I
already have my water filter system
usually here in the external pockets a
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another things that I would often keep
on the outside here would be the rocks
that I use which I cross rivers in as
well as uses camp shoes those are great
things just because you don't want you
know dirty messy crafts on the inside of
your backpack
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the final thing is hiking poles these
should not go in your backpack because
they should be in your hands at all
times use these to hike with and those
are the basics of how you pack your
backpack thanks for watching I'll see
you next time
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you
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