welcome back guys and gals matty and wanda back again
we got the whole family with this this weekend i got my beautiful fiance
lindsay and my other dog remi with us here
we are actually getting prepped for a family backpacking trip and i thought it
would be a lot of fun to go over all the gear that we're going to be
bringing on our backpacking trip we've got the dogs packs here so
this is wanda's pack this is remy's pillow
and reggie's tag here uh if you guys are interested in what the dogs carry in
their backpacks one and i have done an awesome video on
what she carries in her pack and i'll put a card up over here for you
guys if you guys want to check that out but uh
remy essentially carries all the same stuff so we're not going to go over
everything that the dogs have in their pack
but i did want to show off that we are bringing the dogs and they are bringing
their packs like i said this is going to be a family
trip oh i guess the dogs didn't want to be a part of this one too much
first thing we're going to talk about that we're bringing on this trip is our
tent now uh i know it's sacrilegious for me
to talk about tents on my channel you guys know i love my hammock but uh
lindsay is not a huge fan of the hammocks she likes
lounging in them in the yard but to get her to sleep in a hammock is
probably something that's never gonna happen
so we are bringing a tent we got our uh our marmot three-person
catalyst tent and uh we also got the poles and pegs for that one
as always i am bringing my osprey exos 58
i've got a whole bunch of different reviews and videos on this pack
i will actually put a playlist together for you guys and i'll link it up over
here if you want to check that out that's my osprey xls58 this is what i'm
going to be carrying for my backpack and i have a purple bag
lindsay uses a pack from mec basically up here in canada
mec or mech that's our canadian version of rei
uh i think it's called the brio yeah this is the brio 65
this is a women's specific backpack lindsay's gone to some pretty amazing
places with this pack like she's been all over greece and thailand and
she's been to a bunch of banging places in the canadian rockies with me it's uh
bedazzled with her harry potter stuff she's a huge harry potter fan
tattoos oh good it looks together yeah the green and purple
this is actually this is like the first time i've actually really noticed our
pack sticks to each other that's kind of cool all right that's our pack
and shelter system that we're going to be going with for this trip
obviously the dogs are going to be sleeping inside the tent with us
so next thing we're going to talk about is we're going to talk about our sleep
systems first thing uh this is the dog sleeping
pad now if you guys have seen the channel and you guys have seen
wanda's blue foam sleeping pad this is essentially the same thing we just
bought a new one and it's a full length one
so the dogs are actually gonna share a sleeping pad in this trip they're
basically gonna sleep probably in between us and the tent
so it's just uh like a full length half inch thick blue
closed cell foam pad just kind of the generic run of the middle one you find
these in pretty much any outdoor retailer
so that's what the dogs use for a sleeping pad and as always we got
juana's fleece oilers blanket now i don't really bring a blanket for
remy he's uh he's a shepherd husky cross and it's like dead middle of summer here
so remy's not gonna need a blanket i honestly don't think juan is going to
be using her blanket much either but it is nice to have it kind of gives
her a little bit of comfort juan is a little bit more of a wuss than remy
we'll jump into lindsay's sleep system first
so go ahead um i have a pillow that inflates really nicely and it's
comfy lindsay's going to be rocking the trichology aloft 2.0 pillow
i was not personally a huge fan of the trichology pillow i had one and it
leaked psychology was kind enough to send me a replacement for it
so lindsay's going to be using this pillow i have tested oh this one doesn't
leak and then i have an inflatable insulated
pad i will be sleeping on amok fuel sleeping pad this actually is
gonna go with some of our comfort items that we're
gonna talk about a little bit later in the video so
stick around for that uh pretty exciting stuff we're gonna be bringing out on
this trip this is my outdoor vitals sleeping bag
and it's blue the ultraviolet 720 sleeping bag
i've had this in a couple videos uh lindsay's not a huge fan of the sleeping
quilts and in truth guys i only actually have
one sleeping quilt so lindsay's going to be rocking the 20
degree summit sleeping bag so poofy for myself for my pillow i'm going to be
rocking my outdoor vitals inflatable pillow
and i've got my thermarest evil light sleeping pad now this is not the one
that i used on my trip with bo and nick where i was
out for four days on a leaking sleeping pad i actually have two of them
and this is my extra one at home i have since filled this one up and tested and
this one does not leak so fingers crossed i'm not sleeping on
the ground on this trip and it just comes
absolutely no surprise i'm rocking my ugq 20 degree bandit top quilt
uh i am absolutely in love with this top wheel i would probably leave lindsay for
this top quilt i love it so much you weren't expecting that one where are
you no so with our shelter or sleep system out of the way now we're going to
jump into clothes this is where you guys are going to see
a massive difference between how i pack and how lindsay packs
now i'm going gonna go through mine pretty quick you guys have seen a lot of
my clothing gear before my custom hilltop packs mario doors
dyneema stuff sack this is one of the hilltop packs food
bags but as i've mentioned i've got the ursac major xl for my food bag
so i am going with the hilltop pack bag as my clothes bag my mountain hardwood
ghost whisperer puppy jacket got my merino buff this doubles as my
toque at night just a spare synthetic shirt
some underwear i wear a pair of tights to bed they're kind of little thermal
tights i don't know i'm not really a huge fan of
wearing pants to bed usually i usually at home i sleep in my underwear but when
i'm on a trail i just sleep in a pair of tights north based merino top
it's got a little hood on it and i also bring a spare pair of my and jinji toe
socks with me so that is my clothing system that's all
i'm bringing for clothes on this trip now let's see what lindsay's bringing
for her clothes sport and trifecta shirt lindsay is huge into the spartan
athletics and the spartan races and she's got two spartan trifectas under
her belt i have some really warm wool socks
so i have my hufflepuff pants that i'll wear when i'm at camp
i have a lot of layers that i bring with me again
my spartan nice lightweight sweater another t-shirt columbia shirt and it's
got the heat stuff on the inside i don't
know what do you call this i think this is like the omni dots it's one of those
columbia omni dot shirts tank top that i can change into when i
get to camp there's another tank top just in case
because you know like ladies like sometimes you just don't want to wear a
bra after you've been wearing a bra all day hiking
so shelf bra so in case i don't want to wear bra i have pajama pants and then i
have a couple other bras in here and i'm just
not going to show those on youtube and i'm going to show everybody my underwear
fair enough kind of same idea with matt's except mine is not a brand name
mine's just from simon's but it does the job it's puffy and it's warm and it's
comfy and that's also coming with me i realize as i'm editing this we didn't
say anything about our rain jackets we're not expecting rain on this trip
but we will be bringing our rain jackets but uh yeah they were sitting right
beside the tripod and we just kind of forgot to mention them in the video
that covers all their clothes and stuff that we're getting into now let's get
into our food and water system for this trip
because it's only a single night trip we're going to be sharing a common food
bag we're just gonna be using my ursac major xl
because i am a gentleman i will carry the food and all the heavy stuff on this
trip i'm not a fan of water bladder so i
carry my two one liter smart bottles i am a fan of water bladder so i will be
having a water bladder in my bag with me you're literally walking you can drink
water you don't have to stop to drink water
i don't have to stop to drink water out of a water bottle you're rocking the
catadyne be free as our water filter this should come as absolutely no
surprise we've got these two little packable bowls they're just little gsi
bowls and then for the pot we're going to be using my tocs 1200
i've got a fuel canister in here as well as my msr micro rocket stove
and a little bit of soap and a little scrubby to clean out the inside of the
pot we do plan on doing a little bit of
cooking there's gonna be no bagged spaghetti on this trip we're actually
gonna be cooking some food on this trip however we will
have baked creme brulee though and a couple utensils i got my spork and a
long-handled spoon for lindsay to use our gsi backpacker mugs
cheers something you guys haven't seen this season but i am a huge fan of
is the gsi java drip we are going to be doing some real coffee on this trip
uh no instant coffee i am not going to treat this girl the instant coffee i'm
gonna be bringing some real coffee for her
so yeah we're gonna do some pour over coffee on this trip you guys have
probably not seen me carry this anytime in the recent future but i'm
actually gonna bring a pair of camp shoes
i've just got my under armour flip-flops i would be bringing a pair of flip-flops
however wanda ate mine when she was a puppy for around camp i'm gonna bring my
columbia slippers come to me because they are
also comfy i'm gonna bring my vibrams and because i'm just obsessed with them
and i wear them like 100 of the time to go hiking
i'm probably gonna wear these guys my reeboks um i wear them for all of my
spartan races well previous spartan races they've got
a little bit of holes in them but um they do the job and they're comfortable
you're gonna be rocking our bear spray obviously
uh we don't really go anywhere without it so we're both gonna be rocking bear
spray a couple head lamps a little bit of bug protection stuff i
got some picaridin bug spray we got some sunscreen
bugs this year have been insane with the amount of rain we've been having here in
alberta so uh these i think are going to be a
lifesaver on this trip i'm going to bring my spartan hat our
toiletry kit here this is just generally my standard toiletries kit
i've got a video on my full toiletry kit that i'll pop up over here for you guys
if you want to check that out but i just threw some well lindsay
through her wet wipes and toothbrush and stuff like that in there her deodorant
face cleanser because it's an area that we're going to be able to fires i'm
going to bring my silky saw and we'll have my ribs pack and all my
electronics and all my camera gear so that is everything that's in here
if you guys are interested in what's all in this pack
as i've seen a bunch in this video i'll pop it up in the cards for you guys i've
got a whole video on my electronic setup and kind of what
i bring to film my backpacking trip so that's all going to be here my ribs
packed i have a moisture wicking headband because
who knows the hard things about being an obstacle course racer is it takes a toll
on your body so i've got my knee brace yeah in reach the
first aid kit i'm also somebody who deals with
migraines so i always have to be prepared for
anything and everything for when it could potentially hit
um so i love these buffs because it can be
used in a bunch of different ways if i get really hot and i need some sort of
quote-unquote ice pack i can dip it in some water
throw it on my forehead and get some relief there so that's
that one there my migraine meds my prescription ones just in case things
get bad some tiger bomb just in case i have uh
to get rid of some muscle soreness same thing with some deep relief some icy
hots i have a little migraine peppermint oil
lavender blend uh one of my favorite things um for
muscle soreness is bcaa so i always have a little bit of bcaas that i'll throw in
my water along the same line electrolyte so i
have some electrolyte powder in case we get low on the left legs especially if
it is warm for that fair and just because i love
jelly beans and sometimes you just need some sugar
jelly bellies obviously the bcaas and the jelly bellies and that kind of stuff
will go in the food bag but some pepto just in case some hand tennis hand
sanitizer hashtag kovid and then some idol because you never
know two massive luxury items that we're bringing and no i'm not talking about
the dogs they're bringing some hammocks with us on this trip i've got my
suspension kit here this is my tree straps and my whoopee slings
uh this is my standard suspension system you guys have seen on pretty much all my
backpacking trips i'm gonna bring my dream hammock raven
it's big and bulky and heavy it goes with the giant sleeping pad that
lindsey's gonna be sleeping on but it's so comfy
we call it my floating spaceship so uh yeah we're gonna bring the analog dremur
out and uh hopefully get some really cool
pictures of this and maybe we'll shoot the video with this thing while we're
out there but i think this would be super cool and
this is kind of the perfect trip to bring this thing out on i know i got
a lot of people asking me about this because a lot of people know that i have
one but uh for for me on my style of
backpacking it's usually a little bit too heavy and not something
we're gonna be bringing so uh yeah we are gonna be bringing the amok for more
that wraps up the gear that we're carrying on this trip
but uh if you guys are more interested in the lightweight backpacking
and that kind of stuff which is my usual style i've got a huge playlist made up
full of all my lightweight backpacking tips and a bunch of lightweight
backpacking gear lists so what i'll do is i'll link that up
over here above lindsay's head for you guys
so when you guys are done watching this one head over there find a video in that
playlist check that out as always guys i am maddie this is my
gorgeous fiance lindsay thank you guys so damn much for watching
and i will see you guys on the next one