@@KB-re4ku I usually hike all day but there’s really no point. hiking less miles with people that can’t hang is actually more fun, having downtime lol. it made me rethink my style.
Always bring a spare base layer to sleep and relax in don’t wanna bring that nastiness into my expensive sleeping bag. Throwing on some dry warm base layers after hiking all day is worth the weight
Darwin, I agree with your principal in general, but in the summer, my clothes get soaking wet from sweat. I don’t want to sleep in sweaty, wet clothes so I take an extra underwear and an extra T-shirt. I put them away in the morning and put the still-wet clothes from the previous day back on. I take two spare pair of socks because they take forever to dry out and I hate hiking with wet feet.
The weather on the A/T is almost always humid, especially in the summer. My clothes never dried out overnight. The forest floor is always damp, and little daylight penetrates the forest canopy. It's just a situation you have to live with.
If it's summer. If you are making elevation changes, or hike in Spring or Fall in North America, not having the ability to deal with temperature drops and the ability to change into dry kit is a mistake.
Full length sleep clothes are sooo nice. It’s hard to fall asleep with your legs and arms sticking to everything. And it keeps your expensive bag clean. And in an emergency having dry clothes could save your life.
This! Long underwear appropriate fabric for you and the season. It’s double duty. It will be great pajamas and will keep you warm if you get wet unless you are crazy enough to prefer cotton long johns. If you’re in the desert cotton is great because moisture will cool you down as the cotton retains it. If you are in cooler country choose synthetics or wool because they will keep you warm even when wet. If you are in Arctic conditions definitely choose wool!!
I live in Washington and always bring a spare pair of clothes. I normally use them to sleep in, but it rains a lot and it's pretty cool here. So if my clothes get wet they may not dry and having a spare set of dry clothes is essential
Ooohhh, ooohhh. I use a dry bag, a silicone clothes board and non bio detergent leaves, boom! Backcountry washing machine. It's nice waking up to fresh clothes.
On my last 40 mile hike I brought mid weight Capilene long underwear and extra socks (summers in Alaska). Use a one liter platy bag to shower (I bring an extra lid with pinholes in it for a shower spray pattern and some Dr Bronner’s) fluffed on some baby powder (a little in a ziplock), took 2 ibuprofen and a Benadryl, put on the long johns, and play cards in the tent until I got sleepy. It was wonderful!!
Negan backpacking pre apocalypse :) Excellent tips wish I had known this before, had a horrible time carrying ++ weight that I never got to actually wear. Subscribed 😊
This rule was the hardest for me to learn. I used to carry an entire hiking outfit in my pack. Last year I finally downsized to a pair of socks, underwear, rain jacket, and puffy and it felt so incredibly light! 😊
I wear pants, that turn to shorts, pack 1 extra shirt (long or short but opposite of what I'm wearing), socks, puffy, rain jacket. I always want a shirt so that of I'm sweating I can put a dry one on to avoid being wet and prevent hypothermia. My pants are never sweaty enough to need changing. Socks are a must. Puffy is a must to stay warm at night.
How do you keep your underwear from getting really nasty? I wore the same pair of thin wool icebreakers two days of hiking in a row and on the second night the funk was unbearable
Washing in water, assuming water is available. I hike in lots of places where it's not so plentiful. You can also tie clothing to the outside of your pack and let it air out. That helps a lot. That being said, I will carry the extra weight just to have clean underwear.
I pack three pair of socks. My feet sweat like nobody's business. It's not stinky, but it's uncomfortable. I air out the socks every night, but I need to change a couple times a day.
I take enough to cover my body if hike of any distance. Especially high altitude. Desert I take umbrella. Lightweight cloth type bandanna. Even on Day hikes.
Loook..::if it makes you happy to hump 1.5 lbs of extra gear and have that second set of clothing…..DO IT!’ Don’t let these ultralight obnoxious vegans of the backcountry tell you that somehow you’re wrong. You got the ability, you want it, do it. hike what you want it’s your hike.
Canada called with its -40°c winters, less clothing means death in that instance. I'll take my chances with a few extra layers in this case. Summer time, even then we can get the temps to dip down to close to freezing, but yeah I can understand if I live near a tropical area where the weather is always warm.
Hike your own hike is right. I personally like to enjoy myself and I'm not afraid of a little exercise. I allow plenty of time to rest, cook and enjoy the sights. Some folks want to deny themselves a good experience by, under packing and rushing through as fast as possible. No hot food, cold, not a comfortable bed, ultralight expensive flimsy gear to save weight. Just so they can rush back to the gym and exercise. 😅 Get your exercise on the trail, sleep in, cook bacon, take pictures, fish. Live a little.
I can't believe how many people are saying underwear! I don't wear underwear when I'm hiking (in summer) I wear shorts with a gusset or inner shorts and you should too!
Well, Joe, you can be as perfect as you want. I'm a female and I am wearing underwear and it's going to be clean. And you can't do a damn thing about it.
@DanBecker, what if I'll be trekking through a rainy region? There will be streams and rivers I could wash clothes in, but I don't think I'll be able to expect them to dry quickly, and wouldn't carrying one change of wet clothes weigh more than several dry ones? Any thoughts, advice, or tips?
Two pair of socks and liner socks, and an extra pair of underwear is all I carry besides my outerwear for long trips on the Appalachian Trail. I get to town once a week at least, so there no need to carry more.
i learned this on my first ever backpacking trip in the grand canyon. i had to ask the park ranger for ramen half way up. now i bring two times the amount of food i think i need and half the amount of clothes and me and my friends are never hungry and i don’t care that i’m stinky.
Yep! Unless your gone for a week or more, dress in the same clothes. Extra socks and underwear, maybe, but don't pack the closet. Nobody will care anyway
I save a lot of weight by only having one pair of pants, one shirt, and one set of night clothes. I have one extre pair of socks, and wash socks nightly.
You NEED layers, you need ur shorts n t shirt, ur sweater n pants and rAin coat ideally u wear it all when u can but when its hot and ur in shorts n t shirt u have to carry the rest plan and simple this guy is a fool and prob is always hot on outtingz lol
I pack for evening and night comfort. You have the work day, then free time. Free time means clean clothes, that are not used in daytime.
Hike longer so you don’t need that lounging time😂
Exactly
@@KB-re4ku I usually hike all day but there’s really no point. hiking less miles with people that can’t hang is actually more fun, having downtime lol. it made me rethink my style.
🤔hmmm It sounds like you’re trying to enjoy your trip. What a concept lol
Too much
Works for your warm weather, not up where/when it’s cold.
You still don't need spares when it's cold tho. Obviously you will take more layers and cherry them 👍
This looks like an episode of the Office they way this short is shot 😂😂
Always bring a spare base layer to sleep and relax in don’t wanna bring that nastiness into my expensive sleeping bag. Throwing on some dry warm base layers after hiking all day is worth the weight
Darwin, I agree with your principal in general, but in the summer, my clothes get soaking wet from sweat. I don’t want to sleep in sweaty, wet clothes so I take an extra underwear and an extra T-shirt. I put them away in the morning and put the still-wet clothes from the previous day back on. I take two spare pair of socks because they take forever to dry out and I hate hiking with wet feet.
Why are you wet clothes still wet if it's In the summer? Surly your clothes dry out in the warmth
The weather on the A/T is almost always humid, especially in the summer. My clothes never dried out overnight. The forest floor is always damp, and little daylight penetrates the forest canopy. It's just a situation you have to live with.
If it's summer. If you are making elevation changes, or hike in Spring or Fall in North America, not having the ability to deal with temperature drops and the ability to change into dry kit is a mistake.
Full length sleep clothes are sooo nice. It’s hard to fall asleep with your legs and arms sticking to everything. And it keeps your expensive bag clean. And in an emergency having dry clothes could save your life.
This! Long underwear appropriate fabric for you and the season. It’s double duty. It will be great pajamas and will keep you warm if you get wet unless you are crazy enough to prefer cotton long johns. If you’re in the desert cotton is great because moisture will cool you down as the cotton retains it. If you are in cooler country choose synthetics or wool because they will keep you warm even when wet. If you are in Arctic conditions definitely choose wool!!
I live in Washington and always bring a spare pair of clothes. I normally use them to sleep in, but it rains a lot and it's pretty cool here. So if my clothes get wet they may not dry and having a spare set of dry clothes is essential
Hike your own hike! This guy takes two pillows, that’s extra weight he doesn’t need.
Ooohhh, ooohhh. I use a dry bag, a silicone clothes board and non bio detergent leaves, boom! Backcountry washing machine. It's nice waking up to fresh clothes.
On my last 40 mile hike I brought mid weight Capilene long underwear and extra socks (summers in Alaska). Use a one liter platy bag to shower (I bring an extra lid with pinholes in it for a shower spray pattern and some Dr Bronner’s) fluffed on some baby powder (a little in a ziplock), took 2 ibuprofen and a Benadryl, put on the long johns, and play cards in the tent until I got sleepy. It was wonderful!!
Agreed. The only redundant clothing I carry is socks. I change them out mid day, every day. 1 pair exclusively for sleeping.
Been living off my bicycle for years, this is so true.
Negan backpacking pre apocalypse :)
Excellent tips wish I had known this before, had a horrible time carrying ++ weight that I never got to actually wear. Subscribed 😊
This rule was the hardest for me to learn. I used to carry an entire hiking outfit in my pack. Last year I finally downsized to a pair of socks, underwear, rain jacket, and puffy and it felt so incredibly light! 😊
I wear pants, that turn to shorts, pack 1 extra shirt (long or short but opposite of what I'm wearing), socks, puffy, rain jacket. I always want a shirt so that of I'm sweating I can put a dry one on to avoid being wet and prevent hypothermia. My pants are never sweaty enough to need changing. Socks are a must. Puffy is a must to stay warm at night.
I always keep one pair of socks in my waist band and another for my feet, especially in wet season
Yeah I definitely take a couple extra pairs of everything.
yes and better still wool based of clothing
How do you keep your underwear from getting really nasty? I wore the same pair of thin wool icebreakers two days of hiking in a row and on the second night the funk was unbearable
Yeah to me its worth the extra weight for some clean drawers and socks. I can’t stand smelling my own “funk”.
Washing in water, assuming water is available. I hike in lots of places where it's not so plentiful. You can also tie clothing to the outside of your pack and let it air out. That helps a lot. That being said, I will carry the extra weight just to have clean underwear.
Go to your doctors bro
I pack three pair of socks. My feet sweat like nobody's business. It's not stinky, but it's uncomfortable. I air out the socks every night, but I need to change a couple times a day.
Good. Because the advice in this video is not practical. Honestly, you need extra underwear to avoid diaper rash, and socks to avoid trenchfoot.
you go Charlie!
So what do you bring if you’re winter camping in the north east white mountains
I take enough to cover my body if hike of any distance. Especially high altitude.
Desert I take umbrella. Lightweight cloth type bandanna. Even on Day hikes.
Loook..::if it makes you happy to hump 1.5 lbs of extra gear and have that second set of clothing…..DO IT!’ Don’t let these ultralight obnoxious vegans of the backcountry tell you that somehow you’re wrong.
You got the ability, you want it, do it. hike what you want it’s your hike.
Exactly. Some of us have sensitive skin, are women, and don't want trenchfoot.
Canada called with its -40°c winters, less clothing means death in that instance. I'll take my chances with a few extra layers in this case. Summer time, even then we can get the temps to dip down to close to freezing, but yeah I can understand if I live near a tropical area where the weather is always warm.
Hike your own hike is right. I personally like to enjoy myself and I'm not afraid of a little exercise. I allow plenty of time to rest, cook and enjoy the sights.
Some folks want to deny themselves a good experience by, under packing and rushing through as fast as possible. No hot food, cold, not a comfortable bed, ultralight expensive flimsy gear to save weight. Just so they can rush back to the gym and exercise. 😅
Get your exercise on the trail, sleep in, cook bacon, take pictures, fish. Live a little.
Generally true but if you are backpacking in a wet place like Scotland you will need to change layers more frequently, particularly socks snd gloves.
Anyone knows what is the red hoodie Dan is wearing from Patagonia ?
I can't believe how many people are saying underwear!
I don't wear underwear when I'm hiking (in summer) I wear shorts with a gusset or inner shorts and you should too!
Well, Joe, you can be as perfect as you want. I'm a female and I am wearing underwear and it's going to be clean. And you can't do a damn thing about it.
yes. lesson learned the hard way.
Depends on the weather. I bring extra shirt and pair of socks. Worth the weight to sleep in clean dry clothes.
@DanBecker, what if I'll be trekking through a rainy region? There will be streams and rivers I could wash clothes in, but I don't think I'll be able to expect them to dry quickly, and wouldn't carrying one change of wet clothes weigh more than several dry ones? Any thoughts, advice, or tips?
I also take a small piece of sleeping pad to sit on.
I bring some sleep clothes so have something clean to sleep in.
Hey Dan what’s that red Patagonia jacket? Would love to get one
I never bring clothes unless it's a couple weeks or over a month hike or travel like you said maybe a pair of Sox or a jacket
I hope this dude is joking 2 pairs of underwear and socks minimum
I don’t think he’s joking and I totally agree with you.
Stannis: Fewer
You cant when you live in Norway, it’s cold in the summer
Two pair of socks and liner socks, and an extra pair of underwear is all I carry besides my outerwear for long trips on the Appalachian Trail. I get to town once a week at least, so there no need to carry more.
If it’s a long trip, I bring an extra pair of socks and underwear. Everything else I’m wearing. And it’s fast dry and moisture wicking.
What jacket do you have on? Thanks for the advice
Looks like a Patagonia R1 techface hoodie
@@Andreas-ni2lt Thank you. I am noticing that jacket more and more.
Sorry, Dan, I'm bringing clean underwear lol.
Would you take 30 pairs of underwears if you went on a 30 day walk?
@@JoeZUGOOLA what in my statement would cause you to get that dramatic?
Man I carried over 50 pounds every day overseas fighting and walking over 10. Miles day with my m4 and 240 man up 😂
A river or a lake you say? What's that? _Looks at Anza Borrego and Mojave Desert_
Yeah at least for women it's essential to bring fresh underwear
I'm absolutely guilty of overpacking in the past... Now, just socks.
i learned this on my first ever backpacking trip in the grand canyon. i had to ask the park ranger for ramen half way up. now i bring two times the amount of food i think i need and half the amount of clothes and me and my friends are never hungry and i don’t care that i’m stinky.
Alternatively, if you turn your clothes inside out, its a new pair of clothes
Oh no.. the rocks and dirt and anything you picked up now rubs on your skin ah. I’ll pass but ig it is technically an alternative
No, it’s not. 😂
😅 need more chonies!!
6 days
What is that red patagonia jacket at the start? Anyone?
I wear an under layer so I can wash my top layer then dry em, then switch my bottom layer with my top and wash my bottom layer
But do you bring a sleep set?
Does anyone know what this rain jacket (red and grey) is?
Bears are apparently voyeurs.
Smart🎉
When you say wash in a river/lake, make sure you don't use soap.
I’m used to force humps and we take everything 1-5 lbs is nothing.
Until it gets cold....
I bring a extra socks and underwear and maybe a extra base for winter time. Yea about a pound 😂
The bears looking at you? 👀
I always take zip offs because it feels like 2 sets of clothes, but weighs the same.
I’m always bringing 2 pairs of underwear
One can be used as a hat.. I like your thinking
Yep! Unless your gone for a week or more, dress in the same clothes. Extra socks and underwear, maybe, but don't pack the closet. Nobody will care anyway
I’ll bear with the extra 1.5 lbs. lol
Bring more socks change them often.
I would rather the cougars be looking
Bad tip... Really bad tip...
Train so you can carry extra weight, the bring whatever you want
A bit of that extra weight will build up your muscle mass makes you stronger, burn more calories and makes people less fat….
I'm washing me and my clothes
I save a lot of weight by only having one pair of pants, one shirt, and one set of night clothes. I have one extre pair of socks, and wash socks nightly.
Less is more!
You NEED layers, you need ur shorts n t shirt, ur sweater n pants and rAin coat ideally u wear it all when u can but when its hot and ur in shorts n t shirt u have to carry the rest plan and simple this guy is a fool and prob is always hot on outtingz lol
It's strange that the rules of English grammar allow for the expression "less clothing", but demand the usage of "fewer clothes". 🤔
So crotch rot isn't an issue?
Dan stinky pants
Girlies-please bring clean at least one pair of underwear. That discharge gets gross
Maybe in Africa
"Take". It's take NOT bring ... Arggg....
Fewer clothes.
Dies not work in all kinds of climate.