hey what's up guys Mirinda here with REI I just wanted to share with you a few of
my favorite pieces of backpacking gear so these are things that come with me on
every single trip regardless of temperature and we're just gonna talk
about him
so when I was picking my couple favourite pieces of backpacking gear I
kind of agonized over it because there's just so much stuff that I love that I
bring with me but I decided to leave out items like my sleeping bag sleeping pad
and pack since those are kind of specific to the trip that I might be
taking instead I picked items that I bring with me on almost every single
backpacking trip and that are kind of unique to my setup the first of those
are my backpacking boots so these are the Lowa
renegade GTX hiking boots for backpacking boots I like to use a tall
boot like this as opposed to using a low hiker or even a trail runner totally
personal preference some people are really comfortable in shoes like that I
like to have a little extra ankle protection and I spent a really long
time hiking in the wrong type of boot for my foot and so when I finally tried
these on and took them on a trip I was just absolutely in love so now I
basically won't go on a backpacking trip without these another really great thing
about these boots is that they're waterproof and I spend a lot of time
hiking in rainy weather so having a waterproof boot was super important for
me so lower renegade GTX love these boots
and then another one my favorite pieces of backpacking gear is my buff so this
is a buff and this is actually the wool buff I have quite a few of these I have
what's called the headband buff which is a shorter one like this and then a
synthetic buff but this one's made of merino wool and it's probably one of my
favorite and one of the most versatile I take this backpacking but I'll stick
camping and climbing and I even just like wear it in the winter time you can
wear it as a net gain or and just put this whole thing around your neck to
keep it warm but it can actually also be worn as a beanie so I'm gonna show you
that really quick
how cool is that so I really like this because I can also use it as like a
helmet liner like I said with climbing and it's just a really versatile piece
of gear so that's my buff that's the wall buff again come in a variety of
materials and also variety of colors now one of my favorite pieces of backpacking
gear is my stove so this is the Snow Peak gigapower Auto lighting stove what
I like about this is it's super tiny but it also is Auto lighting so that means
that there's a button on the side here that you press that will ignite the
stove so you don't need a lighter and you don't need matches I still carry a
lighter and matches with me for emergency purposes but I have a lot of
trouble with them when I'm trying to cook and so I like this because it just
sort of simplifies the whole cooking process so that's my stove and to go
along with that is my bowl and my spork so I like to dehydrate my own
backpacking food and so I like to have a bowl that has a lid on it this is the
sea2summit Delta bowl and then I carry a titanium spork this is the Snow Peak
titanium spork in purple the reason that I like this bowl beyond just the fact
that has a lid is that I can rehydrate food on the inside put the lid on to
keep it warm while it rehydrates and I'll slip it
inside my buff sometimes just to add some additional insulation and then if I
have any leftovers from dinner I can store them in this bowl and then have
them breakfast for breakfast in the morning so it's just overall really
convenient especially for someone like me to dehydrates my own food and then I
love my titanium spork because I have broken way too many plastic utensils
when I'm backpacking and this thing is basically invincible and it comes in fun
colors so that's that guy and then the last of my favorite pieces of
backpacking gear is my freshly laundered pee rag I think I've raved about this
thing in quite a few videos but I absolutely adore carrying a pee rag
backpacking with me kind of a weird item to love but hear me
out so a pee rag is something that women can carry if they want basically like to
dry yourself after you pee rather than just shaking off so it's um just a
little bit more hygienic it's a little bit more comfortable and I think it's
like a nice luxury so to speak to how while backpacking so I just use a basic
bandana but you can use a microfiber cloth there also some brands who make P
rags that are specifically designed to be used as that and basically after you
use it you'll just hang it on the outside of your pack and wait for the
whole thing to dry and keep using it until you get home and then you can wash
it really easily you can also wash these on trail if
you're caring soap with you and overall they're just really convenient and it's
one of my favorite pieces of backpacking gear so that's just a couple items that
I really like to have with me when I'm backpacking and if you have any other
questions about the rest of the stuff that I bring you can check out this
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