Front and back Osprey pack
Front and back Osprey pack

15 Pieces Of Equipment That Seasoned Hikers Swear By

Osprey Daylite Plus Hiking Backpack

This pack fits everything you’ll need for a long day of hiking. Plus, its super-supportive shoulder straps and waist belt will make all your gear feel light so you can hike for longer.

Osprey Hydration Bladder

You’re far less likely to drink enough if you have to keep stopping to get your water out of your bag, then next thing you know you have a dehydration headache

I find with bottles, I tend to get in the “zone” and hike for 2-3 hours without drinking and then guzzle water until I feel sick. I’m lucky if I get 2 liters down on a 15 mile day using bottles.

With a bladder I can sip every 10 minutes or so and stay in the zone longer and wind up better hydrated at the end of the day.

Sawyer Mini Dlo Sistèm Filtraj

Should you ever run out of water on a long hike, the Sawyer mini will get you out of a jam. You can take that murky brown pond water, filter it down to 0.1 microns and turn it completely drinkable water.

Tèt isit la pou li lis la konplè.

Medya Mansyone

Streams, waterfalls, and rivers can quench your thirst in the wild, but they may carry dirt and impurities.

Dinal Jain
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Medya Mansyone

The baby wrap method has been tested in only this one trial, but it cut malaria cases by a greater margin that the vaccines have in some studies.

Stephanie Nolen
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Medya Mansyone

In future, I’ll use gravity when I can, and squeeze when I have to.

Richard, aka "LowRange
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