3 things I no longer bring on multi day hikes and what I bring instead #camping

[Im_With_Stupid]

I didn't pack a chair either when I was young and indestructible. Now, though, I'd just about leave my tent at home before I left my chair.

[whirmento]

I bring dehydrated water! All you do is add water, and then you have water!

[ticleasorin]

I love the fact that you offered replacements for the item you no longer needed

[TheCorrupterX]

I also put a sam splint in the very bottom of my bag. They only weigh a few Oz, pad the bottom of your bag, and can help you stabilize all sorts of fractures. Usually they need ace bandages to hold them on, but leukotape works a treat, provided you have enough, which is why I put about half a roll on each of my trekking poles just below the grip. Also leukotape is bar none the best blister prevention, feel a spot getting hot, tape it before it gets worse.

[stevestevenson]

The 3 things I don't take hiking are me, myself and I. 😊

[Arthurknight.]

You should try liquid bandage. An excellent cover all. Waterproof and an antiseptic for a would.

[gooeylump]

Nothing beats when you and the boys sit in your chairs around a fire late at night telling stories after a long day of backpacking

[Madmun]

I wasn't even familiar with leukotape. Thanks for that tip.

[joeallen]

6 years airborne infantry and I always jumped a mini chair. There’s countless situations where you want your bum more than an inch off the ground.

[cooliuscaesar]

I highly recommend the Crazy Creek backpacking chair for long term hikes. It’s basically a sit pad that you can lean back in. Super easy to pack and weighs nothing.

[choahjinhuay]

Me watching this right after watching a short where you talk about how great bringing your chair is.

[JBBrickman]

I brought my ENO hammock on a 2 week canoe trip up in the Great Lakes, 90% of our traveling time was in the canoes, the other 10% was portaging which is loading up all the gear and canoes and hiking it either a few football fields or a few miles to the next lake. Honestly I think it was worth bringing, I was completely ready to leave it at base camp, but our guide said he was fine with it and multiple others were bringing the camping chairs you showed and honestly I think in the end it was the right choice. Also the hammock doubled as a 3 person couch so that was cool. It got a lot of use during our two chill days where we took a breather or if you were me and a few others, we swam out to a rocky island and hung out there. I even remember one time I was in the hammock and there was this one guy who wasn’t in our boy-scout troop who went with us, and he asked to use my hammock. He was the only person not from my city, he was from a small 300 person town 30 minutes away. So I agreed as long as he gave me a history lesson of his town and it was cool a bunch of people gathered around and he told the story, fun times, still keep up with him occasionally.

[Shamuto]

I never bring water in my hikes. I just sing in the wild and the sky would start pouring rain on me.

[code-fox]

I've never seen or heard of toothpaste tablets before. Thanks for the tip!

[TonyArechiga]

On short backpacking trips 20 miles or less I bring sit pad. After hiking 10 days and 120 miles I didn't bring my chair. It was one of the biggest regrets. Haha! Plus to lukotape that stuff is a miracle!

[alexanderharris]

I stopped carrying liquid water. At 8lbs per gallon it was just way too heavy. I only use powdered water now. You just add water to it and boom, you have water!

[MistrFromp]

The chair is a game changer, back support is a must after carrying a heavy pack all day.

[YourMotherForReal]

These are great and practical tips!! Love the taping hack, I get the worst blisters

[munchinator]

my 1 pound rei packable chair was the best thing i’ve ever packed going backpacking. when i put the pack down after a long day i want to be able to sit back and relax and that’s something i can’t do with a sit pad. personally, the chair is an essential

[juarezjaime]

Ounce's make pounds, and pounds makes pain. -U.S. Army Drill Sergeant