GEAR CHOICES for off trail hiking, #4 in off trail hiking series

Описание: This: https://amzn.to/3x6zxGN is the most essential piece of gear when not in cell reception. These are the gaiter pants: https://amzn.to/3PfsGT7
In this video:
-Off trail hiking means there is more prickly and uneven stuff going on around your feet and lower legs. Protection there is important.
-Off trail hiking often means heavy pack, wet ground, difficult hiking conditions. You CAN go on trail runners, but you have to be really smart about this. I use Lundhags boots, single layer leather boots that are pretty waterproof, lightweight and retain little water when they are wet. Sadly those are not for sale in the US.
-eyes are vulnerably things! I wear glasses, which helps a lot in dense bush. But a baseballcap, or if you have sunglasses, putting those on at strategic moments also helps preventing injury in the backcountry.
-trekking poles. They are, in my opinion, worth the weight. A weird tip: one trekking pole gives you almost all the advantages of two trekking poles, and takes up half the weight and half the space.
-GPS: OF COURSE, you need to be able to navigate when not using technology, but I luuuvvv GPS.
-Backcountry safety: a sattelite communicator is not as expensive as it used to be and THEY ROCK. My wonderful wife is also A BIG FAN.
-keep it tight!
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