desert hiking pack what to take for a desert hike
hi it's alaskagranny I'm preparing my day pack for going out with my hiking
club and I thought I would show you the things that I carry when I go out it is
just day hikes for like up to six or eight hours no longer than that anyway I
have this bag I've had it for a long time it's called an ingear bag and it
wraps around your waist so it's a waist pack and I like it very much it has a
compartment here where I pack all of these hiking supplies things so in that compartment I
have band-aids my emergency contact information a whistle that I keep around
my wrist when I'm hiking and I've been very glad I had it because one time we
were hiking and somebody was shooting guns around where we were we didn't see
them so I was blowing my whistle so they would know that somebody was around then
there's one of those little knives that I love victorinox swiss army knife and it has tweezers which have
come an extra handy because we've gone hiking where there are cactus and people fall
in them I have some gum because it's dusty on the trail some allergy medicine
this is a little flashlight and a key to my house because when I come back I want
to make sure I can get in my house and I got this little flashlight and it's
really quite bright I like these little guys a lot I've got a safety pin some
nail clippers sunscreen hair ties and emery board and this little microfiber towel in a tiny pouch from
rei is really cool it clips on it has a little towel inside and i love it it's
got a little pink microfiber towel which I've used many times I think it's handy
then the next pouch is right in here and i put these things in there I have wet
wipes I have Kleenex I have some cash I have a comb some sunscreen and a compass
then in the great big pouch of my day pack waist pack I love my great big pack I put
all these things I have sunglasses gloves granola bars and nuts and snacks
I have some cooling pads I have a little bag with some napkins and some plastic
utensils I have a poncho I have a shoehorn because I have a terrible time
with my boots so if I'm going to take them on and off I need that little help
then this is just a little extra bag so if I take off extra clothes I have a
little bag i can put them in then this is one of those lifestraw sipping water filters
protects against things like Giardia and you just you can sip out of wherever if
you're in an emergency and you need some water and I have my little fire starting
kit I have some matches I have some cotton balls with Vaseline and I have a
little tiny pencil sharpener because I had read that if you need to you can
take a little stick sharpen in the pencil sharpener and make some little
tinder so I like it then I have of course a plastic bag because you never
know then these are the kind of water bottles that I like I fill these up when
I'm getting ready to go and they have a big old sippy lid on them and they close
up and they even have a spot where you can clip them on your pack if you need to then
I've got a pouch right here to put one water bottle in and then on this side where the other
one goes so that's real handy then I also have two little pockets on the side
there's pocket right here where I keep chapstick and this side I keep Kleenex
because when I'm out those are the things I want most so they're in the
handiest pocket I like this because it has I've it had a little string and so I
stuck one of those carabiners on there I have my bandana I have some hand
sanitizer and that's what the place where I would clip my little towel it's
just not clipped yet then on the other side I have my hat
this is my very favorite hiking hat and I lost one once when I was getting in
and out at the beginning of a hike or the end of a hike I guess and so I want
to make sure I never lose it again when I'm not actually wearing it and so I put
it on a carabiner also and clip it on my bag when I'm not wearing it and
something that I added to the bottom of the bag well it had a strap and I added
some extra straps so that if I take off my jacket I can wrap it up and shove it
in there and it will hold it pretty well or I can stick it in that little black
extra bag that I have any way this works really well for me I did realize that
I'm missing a lighter and a space blanket so I'm going to have to make
sure that I add that in here before I set out again more
sunscreen gotta have sunscreen when you're going out and spend the day
outside so get lots of sunscreen anyway these are the things that I carry on my desert hiking trips
day hikes and I'd be interested to see what you hike with when you go out so
leave me a comment on things you think I have missing or your thoughts on my gear
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have a great time on the trail and have a great day