Gear I Carry on a Day Hike & Survival Kit 

Hey everyone, I just released the Pocket Survival Kit that goes with this hiking gear I mentioned it in the video, you can watch it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oDh-8LtuV9E.html Thanks again!

A really good idea for first aid kit. Crazy glue. It works well for minor cuts and can fix kit.

I think you've covered everything well. Couple of other things I used to make sure I had back in the day for a long wilderness hike that might leave me out overnight would be a spare pair of socks and some plastic bags. The plastic bags can be used for all sorts of things, but if it is wet and your boots develop a leak, I always liked the idea of being able to at least keep your feet dry in the plastic. Also for collecting any garbage etc.

In addition to your very good list, I strap 4 sections of a Z mat to the outside of my Maxpedition Falcon II backpack. I use it to sit on and keep my clothes clean, and I stand on it while drying my feet after crossing a stream barefoot. I can lay down and it cushions from my shoulders to my hips. I carry an extra pair of socks, handkerchief, poncho (shelter, rain & backpack cover) and also a mylar tarp when it is cold. I include a spork, tea light candles for fire starters, monocular, and a bug hat. I've worn my body out backpacking-primitive camping every other week, year round these past 3 years and now I can't carry my multi-day trip bag. My pelvic muscles are shot. I've taken the year off to heal. I'm going to need a game cart to carry my Bergen the next time I go backpacking.

That's a great kit. I definitely agree on carrying a knife with you anytime you go out into the bush. I always take one too.

A nice kit! I always put a Hothands type product in my survival kits in addition to any xtras, regardless of season or climate. Handwarmers in your front pockets next to your femoral artery will do wonders for your core temp. It can help to mitigate the stress and strain of needing to make a fire or shelter if conditions are less than ideal or you are incapacitated in some regard. I almost always have a neoprene divers cap with it as well. Dry socks and base layer too on most trips. My experience is that if I am injured or have " bonked" or the like due to climate,terrain or my own poor planning and I take the first survival step of "seeking shelter" to alleviate further risk of compounding my problems I avoid many of the medical risks of exposure or injuring myself because I've lost my logic and am tunneling on mindlessly. At which point all my survival skills and tools start to become useless altogether and there's no point in carrying it, in my opinion. Some may not at all consider any article of dry backup clothing as part of a true survival kit and I see the point of course but for me it is. Maybe it's the "get home kit" and not the true survival kit most envision when u here that said but for me the parts and pieces overlap and are determined by what u need to accomplish. For me the ability to have some reserve items of dry,warm clothing has always let me get out of a bad situation quicker and safer than without. If at any of those times I had been seriously injured and unable to build a proper fire or shelter in a timely manner the outcomes could be drastically different if I didn't have a few dry,warm items to "seek shelter" in. I can definitely say that experience has shown me that I need to consider these types of items as survival gear because if I didn't have them to fall back on it was obvious I was on the potential verge of catastrophie and either had to truly stop traveling and make a shelter and fire or risk injury or worse. So maybe it's semantics, maybe it's mindset. I don't know. For a hiking/biking kit, or the like anyway this is what I have evolved to over time spent effing up. And yes, dealing with predatory animals when u r st any disadvantage is also a kit item even if it is simply a bit knife that most trailwalkers would consider way to big.

Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this most informative video. You did a great job with your outdoor essentials. Your pack size is perfect. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 😊

This is great, thanks for sharing

You covered quite a bit of kit and the reason for it. It great to see the variety in your pack. Thanks

Thanks so much! I learned a lot. Being older but i still liketo go hiking. I liked your survival kit

Great job sir!!! SEMPER FI

Nicely done... 👍🏻

Great video as always! Really curious to check out that bug repellent. Had not seen that before-

I always wear a Halloween mask on the back of my head in big cat territory! Lol!😂 Just kidding! Great video! Well done!😊

I have a support team to assist me with every hike, their names are "Jackson" and "Franklin", Jackson is on the $20 and Franklin is on the $100 and they help get me anything I need.

Very good advice 👌

Do you carry any instant drink powder, like electrolyte mixes or even instant coffee?

What's the hiking equivalent of 'glamping'? Glampking, lol?!? Just kidding. Good kit for wandering down trails.

I have a bear banger in 40 cal just in case all fails. Similar kit otherwise.

Did someone actually set your vehicle on fire when you were hiking, man I'm sorry to hear that man, ✌🏼

Thermacells are terrible... not just for the environment but for wild fish and beneficial insects in the area. The toxic residue can stay on clothes and may cause issues for pets when you come home as well. I never recommend that shit to anyone.

That knife is a joke!