hey guys it's papa steve on the move here i am preparing for a five-day trip
out to pipestone pass in banff national park it's gonna be a great trip heading out to
fish lakes and then devon lakes gonna do some random camping up there i'm gonna show you guys
all the gear i'm taking in my pack as well as the food i'm going to take for that long trip
so hey guys four nights in the mountains definitely going to need a shelter so
i'm bringing this here the nemo hornet two-person tent it's new for me this season
i haven't tried it out yet so look for a future review i'll be testing it while i'm out there
i've also got the thermarest sleep system so i've got the questar long sleeping bag as well as the
thermarest neoware x light long sleeping pad i do like some comfort so i've got a trekology
inflatable pillow and it is a little bit cool so i'm bringing a sea to summit uh reactor sleeping
uh liner sleeping bag liner to keep me a little bit warmer and a little bit cleaner inside my bag
now i do like some comfort so i'm bringing a therm-a-rest z seat for sitting around camp
whether i'm on a rock or a stump or something it just gives me a little bit more comfort on
the trail and i'm bringing some extra clothing as well so i've got um two pairs of underwear
two pairs of socks uh some thermal leggings a wool cap some gloves and one extra shirt
i'm also bringing my puffy jacket because it gets really cold at night and i find sometimes
i even have to sleep in this thing it's it's light and it's made of wool so it's it's
excellent this time of year i'm not bringing any extra pants because i bring my rain pants
so if it gets wet i've got the rain pants or if my pants get dirty or for whatever
reason i can't continue to wear them on this trip i'll i can throw those rain pants on
i've also got my rain jacket which i bring on every single trip i go on and then i've
got my regular gear so i've got my charging station for charging up all my gear there's
lots of power in that so i can go for four nights i've got my safety gear i've got my first aid kit
and i've got my bear spray which i absolutely need for safety purposes out there i've got my latrine
bag with me it's got a trowel and some hand sanitizer and of course paper and some bags in it
my repair kit which has a few extra ropes compass some geared repair any of these things in an
emergency situation got my hygiene kit which is toothbrush toothpaste deodorant that kind of thing
and i do bring one bag of miscellaneous gear uh this one's got uh insect repellent it's got a an
extra water tight bag in case i need something it's just miscellaneous gear i like to bring i
think there's a deck of cards in there i do bring a book i do like to read on the trail so i've got
one book and i've also got a trail map so this trail map is uh in case i get into trouble i've
got a map which i can use with my compass from the repair kit to find where i'm going
i do bring along several extra plastic bags which i do use for any sort of things
this big one will probably turn into my garbage bag because i do need to pack out everything i
bring in and i will be spending one night at devon lakes doing some random camping
so for this trip i am bringing my ursac because i'm above the tree line and there
will be no facilities for food storage so i'll need to keep my food in a bear-safe bag
now as far as food goes i bring a water filter so i've got a platypus 4 liter water filter
i've got my tocs titanium 650 milliliter stove inside that i keep a small
cylinder of gas for my stove i do bring a small bowl and mug kit and inside of that
i keep the stove itself as well as a pack towel they pack up all nicely and tight inside the bag
and then i've got all this food this is the food i'd bring for uh five days and we'll go into that
i'm gonna put all this gear aside and then we'll go through this food i wanna
show you guys what kind of things i pack and eat while i'm on a big trip like that
so hey guys five days and four nights out on the trail gonna need to bring a substantial
amount of food to eat so i do plan on having breakfast at home on day one having dinner at
home on day five so that's four breakfasts five lunches four dinners so for dinners i do bring
four freeze-dried dinner meals i prefer the backpackers pantry brand of meal
so these are four that i enjoy and i'm gonna bring them with me i'm also gonna bring for day one a
little bit of fresh food i'll probably have two hot dogs and some sandwiches which will definitely
cover me off for one lunch so i've got four more lunches now for my lunches i usually try and eat
on the trail as much as possible i don't like to stop for long periods to cook so most of my
lunches are all going to be very similar i've got four lunches uh there's a lara bar in each one
crystal light that makes that creek water taste so just a little bit better and then each one
i've also got uh some salted nuts and some dried fruit which gives me lots of protein on the trail
i usually pack in some pepperoni sticks as well which i'll pack up right before i go and include
in my lunch kits and uh all these bags i do pack them up individually but i re-save all these bags
i bring them all home with me and i reuse them these bags have already been used several times
so that uh when i go into my food bag i can pull out a lunch kit and whatever one i pull out that's
the one i'm going to eat that day i do the same with my breakfast so i've got four breakfasts
i've got two different types here that i eat i've got two different types of cereal i bring
cereal with a silk soy beverage which actually keeps very well so i pour that right into the
bag of cereal and i'll eat it right out of the bag i've also got some tea and some sugar there i can
put a little bit of the silk beverage right into my tea for a little bit of whitener and these make
a really quick fast breakfast on the fly and if i want something warm if i'm a little bit cold i'll
go for the oatmeal it's an instant oatmeal i boil up some water on the stove and i can
eat the oatmeal and my tea really quickly on the fly so those are my four breakfasts
and again depending on how cold i am in the morning that's the one i'll generally pull out
i've got one more small bag of hot chocolates and condiments that i bring along sometimes if these
meals don't taste very good i'll sauce them up with some hot sauce or something just to
make it taste a little better now all of this gear weighs about almost six pounds of food
i couple that with a couple liters of water that's one to two pounds more that i'll carry with me
and my base weight sitting at about 26 pounds all in so we're looking at almost 35 pounds
for this five-day trip um it's a little bit heavy but it'll get a little bit lighter as i go as
i eat up some of this food so really looking forward to that it's going to be a great trip
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trip hope you are too i'll be posting a lot of photos and information on my uh
social media accounts on instagram and facebook so you can look for updates there as well
till then i'll see you guys on the trail it's pablo steve on the move