What I keep in my backpack

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In this video I take a look at what is in my rucksack for most trips. It is not a comprehensive look at the gear i take but rather a look at the general kit that i carry which is then tailored specifically to the type of trip I am making.

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hey guys what look for today it's a little video that a surviving bull gear I carry general so before we start I just want to say a good thing this isn't a comprehensive list of the gear that I carry this is my kind of go to equipment this is what I've got with me generally this equipment changes with each trip and that's really important things that to note don't have a set bag a set set of equipments at least what you really think about is the environment you're going into time of year that you doing it and weather season and also what kind of things are going to be doing on that trip so this stuff is the basic equipment I would take with me and of course that changes with what I'm doing what I'm doing it up where I'm going as I said this is this is my go to purpose I take with me and I embellish that we've always thought having look what's inside my backpack itself so this is the 35 litre DD bergen style rock sack and I've done a review on this I'll stick a link up

the corner for you there to have a proper look at it well the reason I choose this style of vibe is for a number of reasons the main reason is it's got these detachable side pockets on it it's really handy to get equipment in there you're going to need quick access to or you going to be used as you're hiking or whatever the detachable really quick access you can sling them on your belt if you need to go put your bike down and go off a little wonder especially they still at you can it's also got this action pack stacks in front of it which is really useful again that goes around your waist or you can use a very small backpack and it keeps your gear in there nice and quick access and what I tend to keep things like are binoculars and little books the minimum authority books there because it's springtime that's really useful it's got a little loop in the tracks when you have little bits and pieces also it's got plenty of space on the outside for tap types of things so I've got my torch on there the cactus in case we start to lose the light lost or whatever which is quite unusual or also as Dave will tell you the cameraman will never get lost every day but it's really useful because the top can be clicked over the top of your wall blanket of chocolate that later that means it's nice and quick access for emergency situations or changing weather and different bits and pieces also it's worth noting that if you're going out for a bit of a hiking trip with all your gear in it try and keep an eye out for your bags that have the chest straps so the waist straps and the chest straps it just helps to even the weight out a little bit better and your backpack is really it is a piece of equipment is you need to think about not just things that your coordinates are make sure it's comfortable well and all you give packet sensibly in a way here is arranged in a way then you can get at it as and when you need it in order to priority so let's have a bit of a look okay so as you can see I've lifted all of my equipment on the back to show you everything I wanna do is I'm gonna talk to you a little bit about why I use these particular items and go through that a little bit for you so let's have a look first of all why everything's laid out its laid out on my 100% wool blanket now in the past I've received a little bit of criticism from on my Dan he's over a silver wolf boss bath I'll throw a link up to his channel in here because he thinks that this is a little bit too heavy and a roll man is sufficient that's fine that's a personal choice but for me the wool blanket is much more versatile and spring it also bring in a roll back with you and there's number of reasons laughs what is it will keep you warm even when it's wet fantastic is to start raining here again it's a natural fire retardancy to sit around the fire with this it's not gonna get blows a lot of burn holes in it and the fact that it's a large expansive piece of fabric means it is quite versatile you can use it as a chair you can use it tool as a line in for your hammock pieces under crawl all kinds of different things and I am going to be doing a mini-series on that will work in a moment and as and when those videos couple I will throw them the linked into this video as a web they appear so that's the wall blanket and that stays top of my bag because it's something I use quite a lot so first off let's start having a look at my sleep here so fuck my pack I keep my Mountain warehouse Everest down so you can bug it's nice and small it's really lightweight it stays but on the back because I only realistically need this for sleeping but it is accessible if you know we get to emergency situation for vampires and never happen again

a little bit of a luxury item I wouldn't exactly say this is a necessity but I do like having my little travel pillow with me if it doesn't fit in the bag I can leave that behind but it just makes invert have also got my DD frontline hammock I've done a review of this that I'll throw that up really useful it can be packed down a little bit smaller and to go with that I've got the 3 by 3 DD coyote tar I've gone for the coyote on because it blends in a little bit more naturally with the environment and the three bit three by three version it's really versatile you can put this up a number of ways you can use it to sleep on the ground more versatile intent so if you can't find somewhere to hang your hammock you can still use your tarpaulin to sleep on the ground if and when you need to so that's the 3x3 tire so that's pretty much my sleeping gear that's that's that goes with me every single time I don't need any more than that suit just perfectly one thing that I do take with me in particularly in the spring and the winter when it's more likely to be wet it's a very small round tarpaulin just to slide on the deeper habit so my feet have someone tried to go where

next that you can see I've got a couple of water containers I've got more than one because quite often you find yourself running out of water and frankly filtering water can be a bit of a pain it's worth knowing how to do it but it's much better to be prepared than caught out so I've got the seal I've got the hydration pack which sits on my back beneath the rucksack or when I'm hiking and then in the backpack I've got this gerber bear grylls Canty which holds a decent amount water and can be refilled very very easily so that's my water let's move on to the tools now I've got an excess of tortilla I wouldn't necessarily always take all of these tools with me so I've got three grand Spurs axes and three three different sizes the two that always come with me are these two the nice small hand hatchet for carving and this one for doing slightly bigger work fantastic processing firewood bits and pieces like that but if I'm going out for a few days I also take with me my larger forest hatchet just because it's easy for splitting board and doing slightly harder tasks if you're going to be doing a lot of work well that doesn't always come with me it's quite large and I'm just going for an overnighter

don't really need and I generally will take a selects of knives with me different sizes the reason I take more than one knife is for doing different jobs when I'm out camping a twilight to move a little bit carving on wood whittling and having a few different knives is really useful because they find the different styles and item achieve the knives have slightly different applications so these change with what I plan to be doing on my camp I wouldn't necessarily always take these three sometimes take a smaller one sometimes I take it with a much more robust go over knife again that's mainly for kind of splitting board bits and pieces like that another really handy little tool this calls every workman is a multi-tool doesn't matter which matsui you take well they're really useful for just doing little tasks maintain your equipment bits and pieces around the fire these are actually really useful the pliers if you've got something in the fire and you haven't got any way to get out but say your cooking pot you can lift it out quite easily really handy little piece of kit to take with you now complimenting my tools I also take this very small

Spyderco ceramic sharpener it's really handy just it just slides into a pocket even a little arm pocket on your coat or whatever and that's great for just maintaining tools like as I said I like to do a lot of carving things and keeping a nice edge on your tools make some what's easy to use and it makes them safe there's not much the ground so really think about what kind of stuff are going to take me to it's all maintenance

another thing that isn't in the pack that's on my waist is my leather belt I take with me which doubles up as a strop stropping my tools when I'm using little bits and pieces of tools to take with me my fire tip and buy fire steel so in here at the minute I've got some willow there's cooktop ready to make charcoal I also carry in this tin some nice tinder you can see the remnants of birch bark things like that really useful always keep your fighting stock top if you're planning on going out going out for the day today we're not like any fires so I've not got that we've stopped these little toys tins again they can be used as biotin so it's got more willow in her to make some charcoal out on the great because you can make char cloth out than watch the fire going

really useful little thing to keep with you you can just put your bits and pieces in and usually my fire still sit to the tin as well but just got a new one and keep it with cardboard box because the cardboard makes quite useful to them it's kind of a bit cheaty it's not very much comfortable now the other tin is possibly my favorite in this one keep going on the camps and things and this is my Brut it's got some tea bags in the sachet coffee which has powdered milk in it I usually have some little sachets of hot chocolate in there as well - a great source of energy and a couple of oxide cubes well to make a great drink testicle and these things are really useful for keeping things like your timber and you broke it in because they actually keep everything dry one thing that I see a lot of people doing is keeping a nice thick elastic band around there just to make sure the lids stay on these are quite new the lids I'm going to come off so I'm not bothering the elastic band just yet sausage is just a little bit of cordage that works quite nicely so cordage and I keep varying sizes of cord with me sorry various lengths of cordage with me usually the standard 550 paracord so I've got about 40 foot there ten foot here and then a small 5 foot length just rolled up and I think a little bit more Cod as I use you need obviously hanging the hammock at the top it's really really useful well it's really useful you need it to hang your talons the book ideally but also I take a little bit extra with me for doing little bits and pieces around camp set up snares and traps things like that or doing a little knot work project I've got some videos up I'll throw some decorative not links within this one for you and then finally I've got my cook kit now I've not got anything over-elaborate there's my go-to kit I will occasionally throw a little camp stove with a gas port or in here they sit nicely these little zebra billy cans but generally I tend to camp sorry I generally tend to cook on my campfire so this stuff is really sufficiently separate building cans are great as you can notice the little plastic clips have gone on this just be careful with them they don't sit in the fire nicer than melt quite easily I've got with me my animal scouting cup as we useful this one it's got a lid on the top which helps to keep your broom a little bit warmer belonga it stops all bits of Korus debris fall in it that's really useful and I take an enamel plate so you want to sub up stick on it I take an enamel plate and mammal bar with me now they're a little bit heavier than a lot of the things you'll see around there I prefer the enamel ones because as I said you can put them in the fire to keep your food warm though a little bit more robust and of course because it's metal if you do lose it it's a natural thing over a few years that's going to decompose a break away whereas the plastic ones are fine and what's nice of the more lightweight nice bright colors you're less likely to lose them but if you do lose it they're not going to break down in the environment quite as well now another thing I always carry with me it's a snug pack response pack now this is great it fits all your little bits and pieces in it the little hand hatchet fits in the metal mates and so for my nice fit the sort of what's up set my camp for my main gear can go under the tarpaulin as they're dry and I can go off into the woods or into the Moors wherever is I am and it all fits in here quite nicely for day again I don't need to put my water bottle in there because I can just fill up my hydration and that's something you read to think about how do your different pieces of equipment complement each other and what things are in your standard kit and what things can you add to them to vary the things you require the environment you're going into I hope that's been helpful and informative to you guys please throw keep-keep the suggestions sub come in they'll really help me keep the content open and let me know what you think of might get any suggestions changes or things that you carry with you on a daily basis I'd be really interested here about thank you for watching nice