My name is Jeremiah Stringer and I am here to help you have a better time while hiking and backpacking!
The goals of this channel are to help improve the backpacking community, help you enjoy your time even more while on trail, explore hacks-tips-tricks, and bring you along to enjoy adventures with me.
over estimate things you might need for your first trips because as you progress doing more trips you will have a sense of what you used and didn’t use or used but not often enough to have it type deal. your first couple trips shouldn’t be 80, 90 miles long so weight doesn’t matter in certain aspects.
My experience is if you can't start early. Then get there a day earlier. Hike a few overnight trips before you start long hikes. I mean set up camp then hike. A few times to help find what gear works best. Plan to fail so you never fail. Anything that can go wrong will. Paper map is very important. Sleeping comfortably is most important. Don't follow trends find what you like. I like mummy bags in winter. I change my clothes. I have sleep outfits and hike outfits extra socks and underwear. It is always worth it.
Once I forgot my water in the car at the trail head. Didn't notice for a mile or so. No water sources for a long way. Forced to return to the car with a bruised ego
Great list. A few things to consider: only pack what you’ll need, not everything you might possibly want (ounces feel like pounds @ mile 10). Footwear: an extra pound on your feel (weight of your boots / shoes) can feel like an extra 10 pounds on your back. Buy shoes / boots that are light & durable. Make sure you have a good shelter for overnight hikes. Identify water sources before you set out so you don’t carry more than you have to between resupply stops (same thing goes for food on week+ hikes). Work your way up to long hikes. Start w/ day trips, then 2 - 3-dates trips. This will help you figure out a lot about your gear & yourself. Watch a few other RU-vid videos. There’s lots more advice out there. And finally, buy a dehydrator (a few good ones cost less than 6 pre-packaged meals, and are straightforward to use). You’ll save $$ in the long run & get to eat what you like.
"You have to put it in the right position or the lead wont close". I asked for a demonstration in a shop and the salesman was unable to find the right position to close the lead, me neither... I decided to keep my JetBoil Fast. I guess when you know how to do it, it's not a big deal to repeat it, but when you don't know the solution...
Great video brother!!! So many mistakes I have made the past year plus since I started. I still end up carrying too much food but that's not a bad thing. I also have issues with time managment too which I believe has something to do with my ADHD. As for food, I started out like most using freeze dried. For longer trips this is not bad as they are lighter. But, I have learned for the weekend shorter trips I will carry real food for my dinners and take dried foods for the rest.There's nothing quiet like a medium rare steak after hiking 10 plus miles that day!!! Planning is key for any trip and poor planning leads to numerous issues down the trail. Like many I watch numerous videos like yours to help coach me along the way!!! I usually learn something new by just watching videos, whether little hacks or gear that I didn't know I needed. Hit me up sometime for a trip we both live in Somerset!!!
I see ads for hiking shoes that have the tag line: "You'll look great stepping out in these fashionable shoes." I remember thinking "seriously? Fashion over form?"
Congratulations on the new family member. Spend all the time possible with them. Time moves faster than you want it to. :) I'm from Michigan. If you're not in a blizzard, bring a headnet for the mosquitos and/or black flies.
Dumb things I've done and forgotten or issues I've run into: (1) forgot spoon, (2) lost sawyer filter gasket on first use, (3) brought wrong cable for different powerbank (usb-a to c instead of usb-c on my newer one), (4) caltopo offline map tiles failed to load MULTIPLE times. Abandoning this iOS app. (5) I never can eat enough food and bonk out. Never hungry on the trail.
Yes, Mountain House is bottom of the barrel when it comes to freeze-dried meals. But I just love their Spaghetti with Meat Sauce! Congrats on the baby, Dad!
Carrying water! Its heavy and takes up room. I use to carry too much. I bought a purifying water bottle (most know the brand names) and it really lightened my load. Mind you this is if youre near a water source, which I try to stay close to.
All good advice it doesn't take long to find out what you like to eat on trail.if I'm out for a weekend trip I eat what I like . I have a power bank simular to those with the cords attached time will tell how good they hold up. Once again congrats on the baby🎉🎉❤
Check your local regulations about making holes in gas canisters. At least in many European countries it is forbidden to make a hole in them and they should be recycled as hazardous waste.
Kayak camping is so much fun! However, I was unimpressed with how lax you all were about wearing your PFDs. It should be worn (and zipped up...) at all times as soon as your on the water, even on calm waters, even if it's hot out. Luckily, it's only a broken ankle that happened on this trip and not something more sinister. Hope Jason recovers quickly.
Definitely could be better about pfts. I put mine on for rapids, but 90% of the time the water was 3-4 ft deep. Can still hit your head and drown though. Never know
Those little duckies went speed mode when they saw you! 😂 Oh geez. Get a pile of boys together and you end up with a woodsmade crutch for a cankle. Now I'm starving for cantaloupe. I grew up with horses, riding the mountains. Y'all had a whole ass ORDEAL out there! 🤣 You are definitely correct about poop hands and pink eye. That's sure nice of BNUS to give you 5 pairs of sunglasses! Nice of you to give a pair to Jason too! 😁 Wow, a broken ankle! 😫 Geez oh freaking Pete! Great video, but sucks that he's casted now. 😬👊
Dad has to learn lessons too i guess 😂 Kayak camping is a blast! We've got 80 miles down on the Green River. Hopefully next year we'll get to the section through mammoth cave.
