What are The Ten Essentials? || REI

The original Ten Essentials list was assembled in 1930 by the Seattle-based Mountaineers, and it consisted of ten items to help climbers and adventurers be prepared for emergency situations. In this video, Katie shows you the updated Ten Essentials—ten systems to help you prepare to head into the backcountry. Check it out, then come to your local REI to get geared up and talk to the experts.

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[AIRWARFAREGROUP]

When I worked for the US Air Force survival school we actually did some test on the effectiveness of iodine in disinfecting bad water with ascorbic acid and we found that is can inhibit the iodine purification process. What we recommended is treat the water first for At least 30 minutes and then add the flavored additives. The colder the water the longer you need to let it purify. With really cold water, Allow at least one hour of purification before adding flavored powders.

[Rocketce]

A LOUD whistle and a glow stick too. If you get lost or hurt, you will need those items. 3 consecutive bursts with a whistle means help. Also swinging your glow stick in a circle pattern alerts people at night if hurt or lost.

[backpacker]

Great video. I think it's rare for day hikers to think about this stuff, but day hikes can go wrong. Out near Seattle, a couple of hikers were recently pulled off the trail by Search and Rescue about two days after their planned day hike. Always make sure somebody knows where you are going and when you're planning to be back, and take what you need for emergency survival. If you are injured, even being a single mile from the trailhead may be too far.

[Wodens-Wolf]

Spare socks and a blister pack in you first aid pack. You'll thank me for the spare socks.

[sassytbc]

I carry my batteries in glow in the dark storacell containers. It keeps the batteries together in one place, glow in the dark allows me to find them easily, and batteries can be removed from the container with one hand, which is quite useful.

[glbernini]

Every bag I have has a good whistle in them stored in an easy to reach spot. Seen way too many movies & videos of bodies being found within easy distance of rescuers.

[lampoyo]

A lot of posts on IG and FB show massive amounts of everything, which is probably to show the variety of makers etc, but this slimmed it down- nice and neat. Thanks!

[dman]

Learned a trick. Wrapping batteries in painter's tape. I usually put mine in pill pouches to waterproof since they're lithium-ion and don't play well with water.

[farmerwayne]

Y'all make nice vids! I put my cotton/vaseline tinder into an old Tylenol bottle. You can really stuff them in and wont

[alansmith]

Bug spray & ID bracelet to identify your remains.

[valerielinares]

As someone who grew up in a family where we we went car camping a lot, I like this because these basics also apply to regular car camping. Though, if you're going for an extended camping trip, like I do these days. there may be some extra stuff that you need and/or want. But, these definitely still apply to regular camping.

[sheerwillsurvival]

Sorry forgot to mention also if you take your cotton balls saturated in petroleum jelly then heat up old candles on stove dip cotton ball into the wax and they are waterproof no mess if interested you can watch my video

[juanluisagp]

Gracias por los subtítulos en español!

[ronaldrose]

Thank you for sharing this fine video. It's always good to review the ten essentials.

[roscoegoesoutdoors]

REI I hope you read the comments. I agree with another post. You need to add a number eleven. Get found. Along with a whistle, I carry a signal mirror, and a orange bandana. Great video, I'm going to use this list in my next kids outdoor preparedness class.

[JustSimplyBrandon]

There are many ways to interpret this video. But one thing is for sure, only you know what you need to bring whenever you go out on the trail. Your needs will be different from others and that’s totally fine. Life is an experiment. Learn what you can live without, take what you need, and also bring what will be needed depending on the situation.

[honeylea]

Love the “Keep Tahoe Blue” sticker! Hometown represent!

[keithturkjr.]

Everyone is always buying different fire starters when it is totally unnecessary. I keep a little 1 cup ziploc bag and when I'm out hiking and when I inevitably see those super high quality natural tinder sources I grab a little if the bag isn't full that bag. It holds enough natural tinder to help me start 5-6 fires and the bag only weights about 6-7 grams. I can usually find decent tinder to start my fire without opening the bag, ...but I have a tiny fatwood chunk, birch bark, and grass seed fluff in that bag if its cold and wet and I need the best tinder on the planet. If it wont light it, you need better fuel.

[joshuasiau]

The 11th essential is Elimination. Toilet paper or (environmentally responsible)equivilant and a shovel or trowel.

[SFCRambo]

Iodine tablets can be deadly, they almost killed me in 1967 at Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. My neck swelled up like I had 2 softballs under my chin. We still had several days left of hiking and camping and I wasn't going to give up, so I switched to the Howazone tablets and within 6 hours I was okay, they were ready to get me out of there but I was not going to have anything to do with that. My Kmart boots fell apart with 3 or 4 days left hiking so I finished up the hiking using tennis shoes. I made it and got Honor Scout. The best time of my life. 1967 Than in 1969 I enlisted into the Untied States Marine Corps and am a Vietnam Veteran. I either boil my water or use water filters no Chemicals for me.