Thank you so much for your videos. I was fortunate to be pastored by a southern couple who were wonderful. You are a gracious southern lady as she is. God bless you Dixie, Jesus loves you. Please pray for Revival.
Not only is Dixie a lovely lady, she's also a real smart cookie😁 Thankyou Dixie, as always your video was very informative and as always, we love that southern accent 👍👍
I would add to title "...backpacking gear and the materials they are made from." I think if more people knew all the info in here, they would watch. Loved the video, I bookmarked it for future reference. It' literally all the information I needed to make purchases right now.
Dixie sure has learned all aspects of the hiking world since she started . and we love that she is teaching us who had no idea. thank you and stay safe.
My girlfriend found your channel and you have been very inspirational for us to get into backpacking. Thank you so very much for taking all the time that you do to shoot your videos!!! We have enjoyed every one and we cannot wait for many more.
If you're looking for more terms for a second video of terms consider caternary cut and differential cut relative to tent flys/tarps and sleeping bags, respectively. Enjoyed the video. Thanks.
I love the way u brake everything down and make it more understandable ur great Dixie keep up the great work I love watching ur shows there and u r great Happy trails
Five decade hiker, and I learned a few new terms for old ideas. Good and needed video for everybody. Denier is an especially important term, not just for bedsheets ( I am a domesticated male) . Years ago, a hiker would worry about the thread count (denier) on the sleeping bag fabric, the closer to vapor you could get without losing the down yet the hiker wanted the toughest and hardest, and heaviest, fro your mountain parka.
H is for "Hacke" (pronounced "hack") which to us Yankees translates into Hike. But it sounds so much better when Dixie says it! Hike on (when you can), Cheers, Tortoise (a section "Hacker")
You have made an impact in the backpacking community. Your vids coming from a woman's perspective is pretty awesome. I have my wife watch them so she knows I'm not full of merda. I thank you for that.
Thank you so much for adding specific ranges of these terms to look for-- that is SO helpful!!! Some other youtubers give the definition, but not the example range to look for, which just leaves complete beginners walking around thinking "oh, 300 fill power sounds like a lot," or thinking a sleeping pad r-value of 3 is going to be not enough.
dixie, so much of what's out there functions as a gate to keep out learners, or to make experienced people feel superior or something. i've given up on the idea of thru hiking (a dearly held childhood dream) but bit by bit i increase my knowledge and fitness so i can at least return to short slow backpacking. gear is a LOT different than it was back in the '70s!
Really good covering of the essentials. Vestibule: very important feature. Sadly, my two 3-person tents don't have vestibules (which means that not only do I have to drag wet gear inside the tent with me, there's no protection for the doors or the mesh inner if you open the rain fly when it's raining) and my 1-person has such a tiny vestibule that not only do I *still* have to drag wet gear inside the tent, the cramped interior means I can't distance myself from it - but at least it stops the rain pouring into the tent. It kind of defeats the purpose of a tent and rain fly when you have to lug a tarp along with you as well.
To me, R is primarily for Rest day. In your terms, taking a zero but planning to actually do so on the trail, doing some exploring, maybe planning some more ambitious meals, and experiencing the beauty of the trail-side in a different way. I wish you to try some (or more) zeros days out there, doing so in urban zones are fine, and necessary, but ultimately not quite the same type of enjoyment. For example...best rest day on the West Coast Trail, you can hike/bushwack (there is no trail of any kind) inland no more than 2-3 hours and then back, sans everything except meals and emergency gear, to see the very biggest tree that exists in Canada, the Carmanah Giant. And you cannot easily see it without a planned rest day. And you can also have fresh Dungeness crab for dinner if you plan it right. :-)
Very helpful info. Should you consider additional videos for this topic, here's a few more you can use... well not these are about gear buying though. Free Standing/Non-Free Standing Single Wall/Double Wall/Hybrid Tent 3 Season/4 Season Tent HYOH (Hike Your Own Hike) LNT (Leave No Trace) Carab or 'biner (carabiner) Bivy Bag/Sack Dry Bag/Sack GORP (Good Ol' Raisins & Peanuts) & some other combos Bladder or Water Bladder Camelback Tree Line Footprint/Ground Cloth/Ground Sheet And for letter 'A', Assault (I'm not sure you use this term but here in Philippines it means 'summiting' or 'a steep ascend'.
Thanks for this video. Was looking for something like this. Love how you get into detail and the alphabetical order to keep it organized. Keep up the great work!
Hey Dixie been a subscriber now for a while don't always have time catch every video but can't think of one video I haven't enjoyed thanks for all the hard work have a great day
All really great. I was thinking one way to describe the sewn thru baffles vs box baffles is that sewn thru baffles are exactly that sewn thru so cold air will come thru that seam that holds the down or fill in place. So for example the aegis max quilt or the Costco quilt are sewn thru baffles and won't take you much lower than say 55 degrees depending on your personal ability to adapt to temperatures. A box baffle has a strip of material connecting the inside of the quilt to the outside along what would be the sewn thru seam creating a buffer between the would be cold spots and this makes it possible for quilts to have lower temperature ratings.
This was great, love all those details! It's funny, I'm not planning a through hike but when I meet peeps out on the trail, I recommend they check out your channel for thorough information. 🤗
I thought the videos couldn't get better and then Boom a really great video ❤. ....q ...goes off to fit some bags to the hiking poles to lower baseweight ... 😂👍🤘❤
Good and fun to have the terms explained and shown 👍🏻 i remember a diskussion two weeks ago with some friends new to backpacking...they had a difficult time to understand ! I will send then a link to this vid 😄👍🏻
I wish this video had come out a year ago..it was quite comical watching me try to describe what i was looking for when talking to the people at REI. Im only 5 minutes into the video and have already learned technical terms i didnt truly know before lol..thanks Dixie! P.S. You should come hike in Alaska sometime! Although we dont have any truly long distance trails, we definitely have some absolutely stunning views!
Dixie, thank you so much for such thorough and informative videos! I'm 'gearing' up, haha, for my first few backpacking adventures this summer and I'm happy I'm able to feel confident in the knowledge I'm gleaning in preparation. Thank you from Canada!
You might do another one of these on the parts of a backpack. Load lifters was a term that mystified me for a while. Also the term "tote," a regional term meaning to carry used primarily in the land of .... (wait for it) Dixie.
Ok good to see you again, great vid. Thanks for all the numbers and the 41 1 that goes with the confusion. Would like to hike with you and learn more. Maybe have a hikers lotto, or maybe a hiking giveaway, or maybe I should just shut up. Anywho thanks for inspiring me and others .
Yes you do acclimated ,I went backpacking, I'm 57 years old and I watched one of your videos and all I could hear was that word acclimated ,...cuz I was hurting. All in a good way.
Hey dixie you are great. You transmit good spirits on your videos, good info aswell every time. Do you have experience, about opening new routs in tru hikes? Advises or sites where to plan would be great. You could make a video about other long distance hikes to develop. Just sugesting. Haha. Im wondering about doing The Geater Patagonia Trail, a section in Argentina, and try to conect it to the main trail, as most parts go along Chile. Regards!
Great info, Dixie, thanks! I'm familiar with a lot of those terms, but I've done canoe-camping where weight is not as much a concern, so most of that lightweight and ultralight stuff is new. I'm wanting to try hiking at some point. If you ever feel like a change-up in your hiking routine, you might consider canoe-camping in the BWCAW in MN or Quetico in Canada!
I'm a scientist, and I loved your "engineer's" explanations of all the fabrics and materials! Really easy to understand and informative. Thank you!
The best part of the day is hearing "Hey y'all Dixie here!"
Bless yur heart.
a trick: you can watch movies at flixzone. Been using it for watching a lot of movies recently.
@Tommy Graham Definitely, have been using flixzone for since december myself =)
Perhaps, the single most, INFORMATIVE Hiking video ever made...
I can't beleive how well those 20 minutes were invested. Thank you so sooo much :)
Thank you so much for your videos. I was fortunate to be pastored by a southern couple who were wonderful. You are a gracious southern lady as she is. God bless you Dixie, Jesus loves you. Please pray for Revival.
Not only is Dixie a lovely lady, she's also a real smart cookie😁
Thankyou Dixie, as always your video was very informative and as always, we love that southern accent 👍👍
Dixies information is the best on the net. As a trained Scout Master I highly recommend her as a great resource.
That awkward moment when you have been regularly camping for 30 plus years and you still learn from a UA-cam video..
Learn something every day or you're doing it wrong.
True that.
Life long learning 😉
Thank you my husband and are getting into the world of backpacking along with our 11 year old son.
I would add to title "...backpacking gear and the materials they are made from." I think if more people knew all the info in here, they would watch. Loved the video, I bookmarked it for future reference. It' literally all the information I needed to make purchases right now.
Dixie sure has learned all aspects of the hiking world since she started . and we love that she is teaching us who had no idea. thank you and stay safe.
My girlfriend found your channel and you have been very inspirational for us to get into backpacking. Thank you so very much for taking all the time that you do to shoot your videos!!! We have enjoyed every one and we cannot wait for many more.
Great presentation Dixie! ✌️😎
I was bummed when I realized you were getting near the end of the alphabet!🤣
A is for Alcohol Stove? You managed to pack a whole heck of a lot into 20 minutes so A is for Aaron! 🤗
Yes, had to watch it again. Too much information too fast.
Yes.. Aaron. .
Yay!!! He’s h0t too! Specially with the Montana beard. Aaron gets an A. 🤪
If you're looking for more terms for a second video of terms consider caternary cut and differential cut relative to tent flys/tarps and sleeping bags, respectively. Enjoyed the video. Thanks.
Love your instructional videos like this. No too often because I like your trail videos better, but you just dont see info videos like this.
I love the way u brake everything down and make it more understandable ur great Dixie keep up the great work I love watching ur shows there and u r great
Happy trails
Much more clear than "mud". Thank you very much!
Thank you for all the work you put into informing us what hiking and backpacking is all about.
Five decade hiker, and I learned a few new terms for old ideas. Good and needed video for everybody. Denier is an especially important term, not just for bedsheets ( I am a domesticated male) . Years ago, a hiker would worry about the thread count (denier) on the sleeping bag fabric, the closer to vapor you could get without losing the down yet the hiker wanted the toughest and hardest, and heaviest, fro your mountain parka.
*D* is also for _Dixie_ , and that's a term everyone should know!
Bought a cheap rain coat last year.....had a torrential downpour this spring and unfortunately learned what seam taping is 🤣 learned my lesson!
YOU'RE THE BEST!!!! This was very informative.
H is for "Hacke" (pronounced "hack") which to us Yankees translates into Hike. But it sounds so much better when Dixie says it! Hike on (when you can), Cheers, Tortoise (a section "Hacker")
You have made an impact in the backpacking community. Your vids coming from a woman's perspective is pretty awesome. I have my wife watch them so she knows I'm not full of merda. I thank you for that.
im 5 seconds in and i want to say i love you, dixie
Thank you so much for adding specific ranges of these terms to look for-- that is SO helpful!!!
Some other youtubers give the definition, but not the example range to look for, which just leaves complete beginners walking around thinking "oh, 300 fill power sounds like a lot," or thinking a sleeping pad r-value of 3 is going to be not enough.
💜 you’re Vlogs and inspiring enthusiastic way of explaining hiking adventures in your southern belle accent 💗Thank you for sharing 💜
dixie, so much of what's out there functions as a gate to keep out learners, or to make experienced people feel superior or something.
i've given up on the idea of thru hiking (a dearly held childhood dream) but bit by bit i increase my knowledge and fitness so i can at least return to short slow backpacking.
gear is a LOT different than it was back in the '70s!
Almost all of your videos are soOo super well thought out. U pretty much cover anything that’s NEEDed to know. Mahalo
I'm on my 2nd pair of Altra trail runners thanks to you. I love them so so so much!
Yayyy! Glad they’ve worked out well for you ♥️
Really good covering of the essentials.
Vestibule: very important feature. Sadly, my two 3-person tents don't have vestibules (which means that not only do I have to drag wet gear inside the tent with me, there's no protection for the doors or the mesh inner if you open the rain fly when it's raining) and my 1-person has such a tiny vestibule that not only do I *still* have to drag wet gear inside the tent, the cramped interior means I can't distance myself from it - but at least it stops the rain pouring into the tent. It kind of defeats the purpose of a tent and rain fly when you have to lug a tarp along with you as well.
Awesome video Dixie!! You’re videos have always been a huge help in getting me started in backpacking and UA-cam😊😊😊
I've done slightly more than a handful of weekend back pack trips now and I still didn't even know all of these. 😅 Great video Dixie
I thought I would know most terms but I was surprised at how many I didn't know. Very helpful! Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos Dixie! (I'm here so early so I had to comment :O)
wow, my head blew up when I watch that video, I can't believe the massive detail in the content.
You need your own product line! 😊 Thanks for sharing! 🍓
To me, R is primarily for Rest day. In your terms, taking a zero but planning to actually do so on the trail, doing some exploring, maybe planning some more ambitious meals, and experiencing the beauty of the trail-side in a different way. I wish you to try some (or more) zeros days out there, doing so in urban zones are fine, and necessary, but ultimately not quite the same type of enjoyment. For example...best rest day on the West Coast Trail, you can hike/bushwack (there is no trail of any kind) inland no more than 2-3 hours and then back, sans everything except meals and emergency gear, to see the very biggest tree that exists in Canada, the Carmanah Giant. And you cannot easily see it without a planned rest day. And you can also have fresh Dungeness crab for dinner if you plan it right. :-)
Very helpful info. Should you consider additional videos for this topic, here's a few more you can use... well not these are about gear buying though.
Free Standing/Non-Free Standing
Single Wall/Double Wall/Hybrid Tent
3 Season/4 Season Tent
HYOH (Hike Your Own Hike)
LNT (Leave No Trace)
Carab or 'biner (carabiner)
Bivy Bag/Sack
Dry Bag/Sack
GORP (Good Ol' Raisins & Peanuts) & some other combos
Bladder or Water Bladder
Camelback
Tree Line
Footprint/Ground Cloth/Ground Sheet
And for letter 'A', Assault (I'm not sure you use this term but here in Philippines it means 'summiting' or 'a steep ascend'.
Yay! More Dixie! Thanks for keeping up with your videos :)
Thanks for this video. Was looking for something like this. Love how you get into detail and the alphabetical order to keep it organized. Keep up the great work!
Great vlog for new hikers.
Lots of information. Great reference to come back to. Thanks
Excellent tutorial, Dixie. Thanks!
I love learning new things and this was really helpful. A day of learning is a day not wasted. Thanks Dixie 👍
Hey Dixie been a subscriber now for a while don't always have time catch every video but can't think of one video I haven't enjoyed thanks for all the hard work have a great day
You friggin angel, thanks for this video!
Nice job on keeping up with relevant content. Well done Dixie🌿
Such a helpful video! I wasn't expecting to learn so much :)
Nice! I've been hiking for about a decade now and still learned some stuff (mainly all the shoe stuff). Thanks for doing this!
This was such a helpful video. Thank you!
Fantastic, informative, compact and very reliable video! Thank you!!
Great video. Thanks Dixie! Definitely sharing it.
Wow, nice job, you are super smart. Thanks for all the info.
Thank you Dixie for this vidéo,
Thank you of France !!!
All really great. I was thinking one way to describe the sewn thru baffles vs box baffles is that sewn thru baffles are exactly that sewn thru so cold air will come thru that seam that holds the down or fill in place. So for example the aegis max quilt or the Costco quilt are sewn thru baffles and won't take you much lower than say 55 degrees depending on your personal ability to adapt to temperatures. A box baffle has a strip of material connecting the inside of the quilt to the outside along what would be the sewn thru seam creating a buffer between the would be cold spots and this makes it possible for quilts to have lower temperature ratings.
I've been hiking for years (NH) and I still learned so much. Awesome vid, Dixie! :-)
DIXIE! Great video, so much info in one video. Your a pro.
Great Job Dixie.. Thanks alot
Another great video. Lots of useful information. Thank you. :)
This was great, love all those details! It's funny, I'm not planning a through hike but when I meet peeps out on the trail, I recommend they check out your channel for thorough information. 🤗
So informative. I keep learning more.
I thought the videos couldn't get better and then Boom a really great video ❤. ....q ...goes off to fit some bags to the hiking poles to lower baseweight ... 😂👍🤘❤
Great information Dixie! Now I’m not so baffled about all the abbreviations.
Well done and very much appreciated!
Good and fun to have the terms explained and shown 👍🏻 i remember a diskussion two weeks ago with some friends new to backpacking...they had a difficult time to understand ! I will send then a link to this vid 😄👍🏻
Thank you! I hope it’s helpful to them :)
Thank you Dixie. Let’s go hakinn!
Here's a historical tidbit. Cuben fiber was originally made for sails. A winning boat, America² was nicknamed America Cubed. Thus Cuben fiber.
I wish this video had come out a year ago..it was quite comical watching me try to describe what i was looking for when talking to the people at REI. Im only 5 minutes into the video and have already learned technical terms i didnt truly know before lol..thanks Dixie!
P.S. You should come hike in Alaska sometime! Although we dont have any truly long distance trails, we definitely have some absolutely stunning views!
Off trail is the way to go. Go your own way. It's slower, but who cares.
Great job, Dixie! I love watching your videos.
Thank you Dixie!
Dixie, thank you so much for such thorough and informative videos! I'm 'gearing' up, haha, for my first few backpacking adventures this summer and I'm happy I'm able to feel confident in the knowledge I'm gleaning in preparation. Thank you from Canada!
Another perfectly timed video! Thank you! Roll Tide! Hehe
Great video and much needed!
Excellent information...thank you !
Wonderful video, thank you.
Very good as usual.
Good info. I always find you gear info useful and usually learn something. Thank you
Really informative. Thanks Dixie!!
D is for dry bag. Unless you want to put on wet warm kit.
Hope youll review the movie The Way with Martin Sheen.
You might do another one of these on the parts of a backpack. Load lifters was a term that mystified me for a while. Also the term "tote," a regional term meaning to carry used primarily in the land of .... (wait for it) Dixie.
Thorough as usual, thank you!
Ok good to see you again, great vid. Thanks for all the numbers and the 41 1 that goes with the confusion. Would like to hike with you and learn more. Maybe have a hikers lotto, or maybe a hiking giveaway, or maybe I should just shut up. Anywho thanks for inspiring me and others .
Great video. I definitely feel victim to not knowing the difference between some terms and bought the world stuff.
Great info, as usual. Thanks
Haha great! I am an (electrical) engineer, and I love how you approach backpacking w/ your engineer mind! Thumbs up!
Good information, I knew most of it in general terms . Now I understand them more specifically. Thanks ! Always looking forward to the next one. 👍
Excellent as always!!!
Enjoy.
That was freakin awesome Dixie. Thanks, as always, for the great info and sharing the benefit of your experience! 👍🏻
Just about everything was new to me! Very informative. TY
Liked this video mainly for including weight in metric/Kg.
Hi Dixie, I enjoy and am learning so much from your videos, thanks, the info is very helpful to us beginners. Have you done a video on cooking? Thanks
Recommendations for Mids? Couldn't find any in a google search...also I think "gully washer" is my new favorite phrase! 😂
Altra has some! Google: LONE PEAK 4 MID
Yes you do acclimated ,I went backpacking, I'm 57 years old and I watched one of your videos and all I could hear was that word acclimated ,...cuz I was hurting. All in a good way.
Hey dixie you are great. You transmit good spirits on your videos, good info aswell every time. Do you have experience, about opening new routs in tru hikes? Advises or sites where to plan would be great. You could make a video about other long distance hikes to develop. Just sugesting. Haha. Im wondering about doing The Geater Patagonia Trail, a section in Argentina, and try to conect it to the main trail, as most parts go along Chile. Regards!
This is great info, so I'll like the video and comment here to help the UA-cam algorithm smile on you!
Awww, thanks! Haha
Very informative Dixie. This help a alot. Thanks.
Great info, Dixie, thanks! I'm familiar with a lot of those terms, but I've done canoe-camping where weight is not as much a concern, so most of that lightweight and ultralight stuff is new. I'm wanting to try hiking at some point. If you ever feel like a change-up in your hiking routine, you might consider canoe-camping in the BWCAW in MN or Quetico in Canada!
This is really helpful thanks