Hiking gear

It's going to be a light trip.. 4hrs, and 7miles round trip up to 2200ft I think. Just wanted to know what I should be taking with me.. food, water.... ??

	Bob Loblaw wrote:
	It's going to be a light trip.. 4hrs, and 7miles round trip up to 2200ft I think. Just wanted to know what I should be taking with me.. food, water.... ??

Certainly water, but for me I would only take some snack's. Also a possibles bag would be with me. Cooking pot, flashlight, extra folder, firekit, firstaid kit, and some candies.

Then a PSK if you have one, a belt knife and a folding saw.

Depends on what time of the year/ layerd clothing to add or shed.
Water for sure, 2 X 1 or 1.5 ltr containers of water, and a way to purify more.
Some trail foods: GORP, jerky, energy bars, hard candies/chocolate bars whatever you like but take enough for 2 days.
A hiking staff/ski pole, just makes the jaunt easier
A sportmans blanket (if needed)
Change of socks and foot powder.
Shades, sunscreen, wide brim hat
sheath knife, compass, topo, ferro rod, basically a small E kit
A day styled pack

A PSK would be a good thing to have. Very Happy

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Thanks for the info guys.. heres what I took.

2 sandwiches
4 nature valley granola bars
4 regular sized gatorades(frozen the night before, which added sooo much weight to my pack)
2 big ass bottles of water(also added tons of weight)
2 assortments of band aids
1 plastic baggie of dryer lint
my fire steel
axe saw combo
multi-tool
extra socks with foot powder
a towel which I left in the car
compass (Still don't know how to fully orientate it)
2 bananas that got smushed in my pack Sad

and some company.

I thought all that liquid was going to be just enough, but during the ascent I suddenly realized it was way too much. But by the end of the day I only had half of a liter left, and was glad that I had frozen my gatorade the night before. I was the only one with something cold to drink the whole trip, haha. The only thing that I took that was put into use was a band-aid, and obviously my food. Still I felt comfortable hiking up, and didn't have that worried feeling as if I had left something behind. Awesome trip and I will post pics as soon as I can get them. Anyone that can get to the Shenandoah I highly recommend this hike.

Cool stuff Bob Loblaw, I can't wait to see those pics Very Happy

eric