DUMB Beginner Hiking Mistakes To Avoid
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Dumb mistake is not stopping and taking care of hot spots right away, rather than waiting until you arrive in camp with a foot covered in blisters.
Absolutely!
Underestimating the effects of elevation gain and/ or the effects of altitude on how many miles you can hike in a day. Especially in areas like the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 15 miles at sea level is very different than 15 miles at 10,000ft elevation.
That's a great one
Agree on taking on more miles than expected. Our plan was to hike 14 miles along Mountain to Sea trail in NC. 14 miles would have been more than enough but after adding in the amount of miles it took to find an adequate camp site, our 14 mile day topped 17 miles... we were in so much pain. That experience has lead to keeping our targets more realistic and I always add in a few extra miles of cushion to avoid a long day becoming an impossible day.
Very good choice to keep the miles lower
I discovered that i destroy my clothing items really easily while on trail. I encourage all the wild boys to spend big money on the shoes and then go cheap everywhere else because ripping up a 15$ shirt or jacket wont break your soul like ripping a 200$ jacket will!
Nice video. I like the Outdoor Vitals Shadowlight pack too!
Extra tip: make sure your toenails are trimmed before starting a hike, to help prevent them jamming against the toe of your shoes on downhills.
Very good tip there!
Another mistake I made was not conditioning for a trip. I just took off without knowing how far I could go before my feet and body started to gas out lmao. Now that I hike my local trails everyday, I know exactly where my limits are at and I have a real good sense of how long a mile would take me to walk.
That's a tough one lol
I have to say I have no mistakes because of you, Dixie and Frozen, I have dialed in my gear to 25 lb with water an my first over nighter was great 26 mile trip, Foothill trail coming up love your channel
Lol we do what we can
Have fun on the FHT. That's a great trail and well maintained
My biggest mistake - wearing heavier hiking shoes/boots; I love wearing trail runners now like the Altra Lone Peak 6...lightens the load that the feet have to carry!
An ounce on the foot is a pound on the back at the end of the day. Or at least that’s how it feels to me 😂
All those Ridge type wallets are pocket killers.
I always keep mine in my front pocket
Anyone else catch Kyle (hates hiking) making a guest appearance in this vid?
Snuck him in lol
Great channel. Very helpful information for someone like me who hasn’t done any backpacking in 10 years. Only day hikes. All my gear is older and heavy! I have a Gregory Baltero 75 that weighs 5.8 pounds. My base weight is around 22-23 pounds. What are some lighter weight backpack options with frames for someone wanting to use for 2-3 day trips? Thanks a lot. Keep those tips coming!
Glad it was helpful!
yeah...18-20 miles a day is what a Roman soldier would march in a day, with backpack... and still build a camp site at the end.. so it was good you toned in down abit on your future hikes...thanks for the info.. 👍👍
You’re welcome
I love the "Platform 9 3/4" shirt! 🥰
Thank you!! Good eye
Great video! Nice tips. Crow✌️
Thanks Crow!
Dumb mistake is not checking that you’re still on the trail every now and then, which can result in “bonus miles” having to be hiked.
Getting off trail is super easy when a trail becomes a roadwalk for a stretch. It’s easy to get used to the flat and easy road, especially if you’re in a conversation with another hiker, and walk right past where the trail went off road again.
Felt this, we literally had a song called the Bonus Mile Blues 😂
"Bonus miles" I love it! Sounds like Type 2 fun.
I love my OV Shadowlight pack! After buying several others, I keep returning to this one repeatedly. Expensive mistakes, but now I know. Second, forgetting to bring rain gear. Had one of those emergency ponchos and my arms were soaking wet where they stuck out. I like ponchos over rain gear, though. Maybe I need to design a waterproof arm sleeve.
It's a great pack
Always a good topic to visit. When we started most of our mistakes came from not listening to our bodies and not eating something heavier than a snack for lunch on the harder hikes. I'm still with the Frogg Toggs I've had a jacket last me 6 years without ever wetting out. I agree that it isn't a great fit like my Northface rain jacket is.
Good stuff there!!
Dumb mistake is not repackaging items. I can’t tell you how many hikers I’ve seen on the trail with a 8oz tube of Crest new in the box. Or an entire roll of TP. Take what you will need, and no more.
Now that, I agree with you about, Andrew! 😊
So obvious, but I wore trainers made by a well known hiking brand that were comfortable to wear on the street. I figured it was only for a weekend and I walked 4 miles to work in them often enough, I thought I'd test them on the trail.
They were very stiff and when my feet swelled up from doing big miles with a pack, they rubbed and it was so painful I could barely walk. I was moving so slowly we had to stay out an extra night and we didn't have enough food. Luckily we came across an ice cream van that sold pot noodles, if you can believe it?! We limped to the nearest village and just got a taxi all the way home in the end. Never again.
Tough lesson to learn like that. Makes for a good story though lol
Love the videos Jeremiah. My biggest mistake on trail was doing a 20 mile loop over one night with over 30lbs. of gear on my back for my first time. And btw, how are you liking the Tushar rain jacket? I have had my eye on it for a while. Has it ever "wetted out" on you?
Love the Tushar. Haven't had it in heavy rain yet, so not sure if it will wet out
@@JeremiahStringer that’s my main curiosity with it 🤔
We did our first mountain trip in the mid-90s. I had an oversized Thermarest, a Kelty tent with 4 fiberglass poles, rectangular sleeping bag, a MSR stainless pot, Nalgene bottles, probably 5 knifes/multitools, and way too much other gear. Then I started taking stuff from my wife's pack hoping it would equalize our speeds. When we got home I weighed what I wound up carrying for most of that trip: 78 pounds.
After that trip I swapped out almost every piece of gear for something a lot lighter. Now those are all heavy compared to what's in my pack.
Not stopping for blister checks has bit us repeatedly. We really need to stop even 15 minutes into the hike and look for hotspots before they become a real problem. Just knowing where I'm prone to blisters so I can hit them with some anti-friction blister stick, lotion, or whatever is a huge help.
That's a heavy backpack. Take care of those feet for sure :)
Good advice there…. Especially on the frameless backpack … gotta keep your weight below the carrying capacity of the pack or those shoulder straps start acting like tourniquets and it gets really uncomfortable. Also the mileages … I’ve always said “hiking can be hard” and if you’re just getting into it or back into into it keep those daily mileages down to 8 to 10 miles. Your body will thank you and you’ll enjoy the experience so much more ….. 👍👍
Thank you :D
Awesome wallet and KeyCase 🙌
Sure thing :D
The Shadowlight was a mistake for me. It’s the hip belt. It just tends to droop as I hike and I always end up with pressure on my shoulders. I’m never starting out with more than 30 lbs. I don’t see a lot of complaints on this issue but I have seen a couple. I think that it isn’t stable enough.
Huge mistake is buying anything made by Outdoor Vitals. There are so many better options out there. Their products are just horrible.
Might not be the best fit for you for sure
For me, powering through blisters. Take a blister kit and treat hotspots the moment they arise = happy hiker.
For sure :D
Forgetting to bring your medications, I had them all ready to go and forgot to drop them in the pack. Thank goodness it was only a 3 day stint but it sure didn’t make the anxiety go away, oh and I didn’t stroke out. 😅
Thank God. That is a scary mistake
Three things I learned to never skimp on for quality, even when it costs more (buy once, cry once): backpacking gear, musical equipment and firearms. None of which need to fail you when you need them the most.
Do you bring the Banjo or the Colt 45?
@@davidgould1829 depends on where I’m going 🤣
Totally agree
My beginner mistake is not taking care of my foot blisters on the trail before they go bad.
I'm right there with you
Breaking LNT by burning trash and throwing out orange peels... I really didn't know better at the time
Been there
I’ll tell you in a few days. I’m doing my first overnight hike (6foot track) around 23km each day 😅
Enjoy!!
Besides taking canned food, my biggest mistake is just cheaping out on gear. Saving a few bucks here and there isn't always worth it if your gear fails or is heavier than it needs to be. I'm not an ultralighter by any stretch, but spending the extra money to get something substantially lighter is a good idea. For example, I bought a Coleman single-burner liquid fuel stove that works great, but damn, it's heavy! I save that for car camping now, and spent the extra bucks on getting a Pocket Rocket. Saved a pound or more. That and other choices have lightened my load considerably. I wish I had just spent the extra money to begin with.
Right there with you
I'm 6'3". I also need to buy the big version of everything. Going ultra-light isn't really an option for me either. However, since I'm physically larger than most people I can carry more weight more comfortably.
It’s tough out here for tall people lol
@@JeremiahStringer I can cross streams and climb more easily, but it's much harder to travel anywhere I have to crouch or bend over.
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You know it. Gotta pay for these trips somehow lol
Im not spending $179 on a windbreaker. Love your videos though!
Thank you 😃
Two lessons from this video- don’t kill your wife and father in-law while backpacking. 😢
Lol good lessons learned
Gotta love “More Dumber” hiking mistakes. I mean heck, tried and true by Jeremiah.
Lol I try
One time I washed my inflatable pillow and had to suck out the water.
😂 On a cold night I heated up one of those self heating OMeals in my tent my first solo camping trip at the Davis Mountains here in Texas. Needless to say, I woke up drenched and freezing from all that condensation raining in my tent.
Lol that's a new one for me
My first hike was the CDT and I made a few mistakes for sure. One was bringing items of comfort that you will never use but think you will. At the end of the day of a long hike, you are exhausted and will more than likely eat and go right to bed. Another is sleep pads. My first time I brought a foam pad (huge mistake). I would rather carry a few more ounces and get a good night rest then lay on a foam pad and be sore before you even get started every morning. Another is bring wet wipes and corn starch. corn starch will imediatly stop chaffing and wet wipes are a must have.
Good mistakes to learn from :D Thanks for sharing them
Not so common, but forgetting backflow equipment for water filters. Or worse yet, not knowing how to properly backflow
Agreed
Looks like y’all were in the sipsey
Yep. It's beautiful out there
First day on hiking trip do a lot of miles, second day can barely walk.
Lol that's tough
Dumb mistake is going backpacking like it’s bushcrafting, and carrying the extra weight of a hatchet, bush knife, ferro rod, and other excessive heavy and unnecessary items.
9 lb base weight and I carry a Bushcraft knife and Ferro Rod.
@@markcummings6856 and you could be at 8.5 pounds without those two items and not miss them, most likely. All I’m saying is not you’re using that knife on the trip, your doing Bushcraft on your backpacking trip, or you’re prepping a little bit. Nothing wrong with that, but these items are excessive on a modern backpacking trip.
Generally I think it just boils down to 'not thinking really hard and realistically about what kind of trip you'll be on and what gear is (un)necessary for that' - if you love bushcrafting and campfires etc, and you are sure you'll use your beautiful knife, then by all means, bring it! I like the camping bit at least as much as the hiking bit, so I chose to do shorter distances and carry some camping things that I wouldn't use if I'd be doing longer stretches with less time spent in camp. But yeah, I love taking a rest (half) day here and there and wash my clothes, read a book... So I bring a clothes line and an ereader.
I did this last year. I took a camp shovel, hatchet, machete way too heavy stuff. This year my hike was a lot easier😂
Dumb mistake is not doing you research about a trail and ending up parking without a pass, hiking without a permit, hiking with your dog where it’s not allowed, etc. I’m not sure if these people are dumb or just don’t care, taking the attitude they they’re a taxpaying citizen so they can do what they want, whenever they want, on public lands.
Hate that