Ensuring your bag is well-packed is essential for a comfortable, safe, and fun hike. Find out how to master the art of packing for the great outdoors in the infographic below.
How you pack your backpack can be the factor that makes or breaks your hiking trip. You’ll be wearing your pack for long stretches of time, so balance and comfort are absolutely critical. As such, it’s important to be able to distinguish between essential and non-essential items.
Mastering the art of packing means that you’ll be more organized on the trail, and it will be far easier to find what you need when you need it. Secondly, carefully working out how to distribute the load beforehand will make your bag more comfortable to carry around.
There is also a safety component to consider as a failure to pack your bag correctly could potentially lead to injury or accident.
How to Pack Like A Pro
The below infographic lays out a few ideas on how to pack your bag to ensure a safe and comfortable experience. The first and foremost of these is to avoid overpacking. Make sure that you have all the essential items, and at the same time, avoid carrying around too much weight.
Once you have decided on what to bring, you will then need to think strategically about how to place these items within your backpack to minimize bulk.
Discover More
If you’re planning a hike and would like to learn more about must-have items to pack, then you should take a look at the below infographic from Ireland Walk Hike Bike.
This useful guide also offers useful packing tips on how to pack for a single day trip versus a multi-day trip, and also provides some practical pointers on packing in general.
Scroll down to the infographic below to find out more.
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I definitely need these tips! We are planning some family hikes!
So many helpful essentials here! Thank you for sharing. I love all your travel guides.
This summer we hiked in one of the national forests and based on that I can say all of these are really handy.
Well thought upon and nicely composed article… I simply love hikes and treks!
Your travel tips are always helpful. Infographic made it very easy to understand how to backpack.
I’m not much of a hiker but these a great tips for those adventure travelers!
Nice infographic. As someone who isn’t a big hiker, I didn’t realize how precise and in depth packing a backpack could be!
I’ve never been keen on what to carry when going hiking. This will surely come a long way when I go hiking next. Great post ?
I’ve never been hiking LOL but if I do decide to go I will definitely use these tips as they seem the best tips I’ve heard!
Great post! I could do with a decent back pack for work! Excellent information.
This infographic is so useful! It is very important the way you pack your backpack when you go on a hike. If you do it wrong it will be heavy to carry and it will make your trip a nightmare. Also, having the proper backpack is essential, I never go hiking without my waist support backpack.
What an excellent list of your travel essentials when backpacking! I will be sure to save this and use it next time I venture out on a trip. Thanks!
Mastering the art of packing is a great skill to have not just in hiking. Thanks for the tips, which I will use the next time I go hiking.
This is great pieces of information, though I am afraid of high, i am sure this will help to others.