Hey bud!
Sorry I'm late. I was rushing
to get everything. I may or may not have. We'll find out.
You know what
anything you don't have I got it.
You got it okay? OK.
Where did you get that pack?
Actually the question is where did my father or potentially grandfather get this pack?
because it is their's. Just you and me you and me?
Just you and me man. Let's do this let's go!
I'm Anna
I am Colin
and we're going backpacking.
Tell me your secrets tree.
I get ten points if I spear a mosquito with this bad boy.
Ooh pretty. That's pretty. Pretty. That's pretty.
How do you dismount?
Have you seen the Olympics recently?
Shhhhhh
Nature
Hey guys I'm Julia with the REI Outdoor School. How's it going?
Good yeah. I am excited.
I am pumped. Any tips for a beginner out here?
Yeah couple! Couple lists I like to go by are Leave No Trace
and ten essentials.
Ten essentials include sun protection, insulation
medication, multi-tool, tents/element protection.
How are you going to get places?
Maption
Navigation.
So we're not lost are we?
We want to have illumination, nutrition, hydration which includes my water bottles as well as the filter.
Final one is just waterproof matches or like a lighter.
Alright, so we got the 10 essential. Yeah beautiful.
How are your packs feeling on ya? Feeling like you could walk up hill for a few days?
Yeah a few days would be a bit of a stretch. I think for me I think I'm
missing some of the fit here. What would I be looking for if I wanted to be more comfortable?
What you're actually looking for is to get about 80% of the weight
onto your hip bone.
So more than zero?
More than 0! Greater than zero is good.
One of these packs is not like the other.
One of these pack sticks way up above.
So when we're packing our pack like do you have to have any special Tetris skills
or like what's the best technique?
Yeah, having a really lightweight thing in the
most extreme places can be nice. You want to put the denser stuff closer to your
back so that it doesn't pull back on your shoulders and do utilize those
compression straps alongside.
Let's take a load off. All right.
So you're in nature and nature calls mid trails...
What's protocol for that?
That's when you pull out your trowel> You'll dig a cat hole in the ground and
you want to make sure that is far from any water that anybody might want to drink.
You don't want your bacteria going into the water that you're going
to be drinking later.
Nope! Nope. I don't want that. Do not want that.
Check this it out!
This was totally worth it. I think I'm going to set my tent right down on the
riverbank. Yeah yeah. 200 feet. 200 feet.
If you're in a really remote area that
doesn't have a specific campsite. Choose a place to camp where you're not going
to impact the plants. Sometimes it might be just bare rock or something like that.
Sleep like a rock on a rock. There you go.
How are you doing over there man?
If I was grading myself I would ask for
like an incomplete maybe. Ask for an extension. Maybe summer school.
How about you? I feel like I'm reaching up to get struck by lightning.
You getting the Mary Tyler Moore Show on that thing over there? Price is Right coming in clear.
We're building character. This is what this is. Like a pack and play for adults.
Huh skillet.
What'd you bring for dinner?
For dinner?
What food did you pack?
Ta-da!
What is that?
It's a pocket fisherman. Is a fishing pole?
I'm gonna catch and start dinner. It is going to be awesome!
How much food are we supposed to bring?
I'll often bring one of those
freeze-dried packs per meal for each person and then always supplement with
some Kind bars or other bars.
Okay, Hypothetically and this is strictly
hypothetical. Say that you wanted to live off the land per se.
Hey man. Hey How did it go?
Ummm really really well yeah well. If you're a fish it was like the perfect fishing outing.
Maybe a little extra food. Trust me I have a king's ransom worth of trail
mix in this backpack. So all good.
What you cooking over there?
This is a Thai coconut curry.
UMMM UMMM.
I mean this serves two technically.
Well this is going to serve one... pretty heartily.
You always want to look at how you're storing your
food too because the animals out there have really good noses so it's good to
hang it or if there's no trees so you want to get a bear canister.
So what do you think of the odds of us actually coming face to face with the bear would be?
Yeah I mean it's possible.
"Bear noises"
Colin do you hear that?! There is a bear!
I hate bears! Mom Iove you! It got Colin. Colin! Colin!
I am just so hungry. What are you doing man!?
I was sleepwalking. Put my snacks down!
Like that was hard.
No more pretzels! I am going to sleep.
I hope you didn't want to pretzels. Because those babies are gone!
If I get eaten bear that's on you.
OK.
Ooooh nighty night.
"bear noises"
What was that? I don't know was that you?
No
Goodnight Colin!
Goodnight Anna!