How I Pack My Gear 2020 - 35L Pack (Full Comfort)

hey guys it's Darwin off the trail still and today I want to show you how I'm able to pack all of my gear for a full through hike and something as small as a 35 liter pack all right so before heading out to the 80 to start my 2020 hiking season which obviously ended abruptly I put out my 2020 gearless video that was supposed to be for all of my hikes this year well the number one question that I got from that video was how I was able to put all that gear into something as small as a 35 liter pack in the past I've used 55 liter packs and then I downsized to a 40 liter pack and then this year I downsized even further to a 35 liter pack which for me has kind of become the perfect pack size for what I carry and if you watch that video you'll know that this year I also added things back to my kit that I haven't had in a while like the ass pad like a pool cook system and some extra heavier and bigger camera equipment and it's been a while since I've done one of these how I pack my gear videos so I figured since we're all still basically trapped inside anyways now is a perfect time to open my pack up and show you how I put things in the pack to utilize that space and be efficient when I'm on the trail alright so the first thing that I'm gonna start with is the pack that I was talking about which is the way mark evolve 35 liter so it is a frameless roll top pack that has a one-inch removable hip belt and it's well it's 35 liters so first off I'm gonna take this I'm gonna open it up and the first thing that I'm gonna put inside of my pack is a pack liner so this is a nylon pack liner as you can hear it's kind of crunchy and loud so for this example I'm not gonna stuff in the pack because it will make way too much noise but I'm gonna put that in there first to add a little bit of waterproofness to my setup and keep things dry on the inside the next thing that I'm gonna put inside of my pack is my quilt and my clothes so in this bag I have my 20 degree quilt and inside of the book box of the quilt I have all my extra clothes I used to have a separate clothes bag and then a bag for my quilt or my sleeping bag but over the years I just found myself not ruling eating those extra clothes until I got to camp at night and I had my quilt out anyways so the things that I'm gonna keep in here are things like my tights the sleep socks that I use I'm gonna be keeping my extra socks in there and any type of extra clothes so that's in the foot box and then the quilt is in a little DCF waterproof roll-top bag and the reason I keep that in there is because that's my last line of defense I want to make sure that all that stuff stays as dry as possible because of everything else on my pack is soaked at least the things that are gonna keep me warm and dry are still dry so I'm going to take that and horizontally I'm gonna put it all the way in to the bottom of my pack alright so next up in my pack I'm gonna put my sleeping pad now I have always taken my sleeping pad and instead of rolling it I've actually folded it into a big rectangle and the reason that I do that is because I do use frameless packs so how I put my sleeping pad in there is I'm actually gonna stick it down on the back panel of the pack basically adding a little bit of rigidity so that's gonna go in there next and that also really fills that space to make sure that I'm not wasting any space the next thing that I'm gonna put inside of there something that I'm probably not gonna grab until camp anyways and that's gonna be my thermal jacket so I use a synthetic thermal jacket and inside of the pockets of my jacket I'm gonna keep my gloves because again odds are I probably won't need those two things until I'm at camp at the end of the day plus I want to make sure this stuff stays dry alright so I'm gonna put that on top of the quilt and in front of the sleeping pad now at this point what I typically do is I will actually take my pack liner and I twist it and seal it off that way all that stuff my sleep system my dry clothes my thermal jacket and my gloves stay extra dry just in case it rains everything else that I'm gonna be putting in my pack on top of that doesn't really matter as much if it gets wet throughout the day plus if I have say a wet tint if my food bag is wet I go to put that in my pack it won't get the things that I really want to keep dry wet so I'm gonna go ahead and seal off the pack liner stuff that to the side and then the next thing that I'm gonna put inside of my pack is my food back so not only do I have my food in here and what I've done is basically simulated about four days of food so there is four days of food in here and my cook system now with my cook system I usually take my stove my fuel can and anything else that I need to cook with like my lighter maybe a little rag to wipe out my pot I want to put that inside of my pot and then that sits inside of my food bag with my long handle spoon I'm gonna take that I'm gonna stick it in there next and the reason I put my food bag in there next is because it's gonna basically put that weight which is probably the heaviest weight that I have in my pack right towards the center of my back so as you can see I still have a ton of room so that is now my full sleep system and my extra clothes my thermal jacket my food and my cook system and you can see how much a color that I still have left and all the room that I still have in this pack all right so the next thing that I'm gonna put inside of my pack is going to be my shelter now this is one of the reasons why I was on a search for a shelter that had small packability because I want to be able to put things in my pack horizontally instead of vertically putting things in there vertically it kind of takes up a little bit more room when you're dealing with a small pack but if you put things in there like this you basically have a stacking system that goes all the way up the pack and the reason I want to put this basically close to the top is number one when I get to camp if it's raining I can grab my tent out first set it up get all of my other stuff in the tent that I want to keep dry and on the flipside of that if my tent is from condensation or a night of rain before if I stop for the day it's one of the first things that I can grab out of my pack in case there's a breeze or some sunshine to dry it out so I'm gonna put that in there next and then the last thing that I'm gonna put on top of my tent is my rain jacket I'm gonna put my rain jacket on top because number one it kind of acts as a little bit of a rain protection in case water was to seep inside the top of my pack but two it's the first thing that I know that most of the time I'm gonna grab out first because if I'm hiking and all of a sudden it starts raining I'm gonna take my pack off real quick open it up and grab this first so that's gonna go on the top and then basically fill in all of that space alright so that's it I'm gonna basically roll that down clip it and then that is my main pack that is four days of food that's a cook system that is my sleep system that's extra clothes that's my shelter that's everything in the main compartment and I still actually have quite a bit of room up here so if we kind of open the collar back up you can see how much room that is still up there if I needed to say take my sweater off put my sweater in there maybe I'm carrying out some extra food from town like a like a Subway sandwich or something I can put that in there and still roll that down alright the next thing that I'm gonna focus on is this main outside pocket I really like packs that have this big lycra pocket on the front because you can put so much stuff in it so the first thing that I'm gonna put in it and I'm gonna put all the way down towards the bottom are my steaks so all of my tent stakes if they're wet if they're dirty I don't want them on the inside of my pack plus they're kind of pokey I don't want them poking holes in all of my stuff so I'm gonna put those down in the bottom first and then sitting right next to that I'm gonna take my bear line and rock bag that I was using out on the 80 I'm gonna stick that right next to it now as you can see those basically live on the bottom kind of out of the way until I get to camp at the end of the day the next thing that I'm going to put in the pocket is my arse pad so I brought this back this year and it just fits right in there so during the day if I stop to take lunch if I take a break and the ground is wet I can grab that out of that front pocket sit down and stay somewhat dry the next thing that I'm actually going to put on the side of the arse pad is my trowel my poop shovel so I basically just take that and set that on the side just kind of hugs the side of it that way if I got an emergency or number two I can grab that out of there really quick and then the last thing then we're put on the outside in this pocket is my ditty bag so inside of my ditty bag is going to be well my Diddy's it's gonna be my teepee it's gonna be my extra electronics my rechargeable battery it's gonna be my first aid and hygiene kit it's gonna be all that stuff and it is in a roll-top dry bag so that way if it's on the outside and it starts raining I can still keep that stuff somewhat dry especially the electronics so I'm gonna stick that in there and then that is it for the front pocket so you can see it's nice and filled out I have my steaks I have my bear line I have my ditty bag and I have my ass pad all that is in there easily accessible throughout the day next up is going to be my side pockets so in the first side pocket basically all I'm gonna keep over there is my tripod for my camera so I just kind of stick it on the side like that and then I'm also going to take my trekking pole and stand it up if I'm not using it and I'm gonna put my snacks in there so as I'm hiking I can easily grab to the side grab a bar out eat a bar and keep hiking and then in the other pocket on the other side I'm basically going to keep all of my water stuff so I'm gonna take a one liter water bottle I usually use something that's a disposable bottle I'm gonna stick that over there and then I'm also going to take my filter which is a bee free filter that has a one liter bladder and I'm going to stick that right in front that way all of my water is on the side if I need to carry 2 litres I can carry 2 litres if I need to quickly grab my filter and filter some more I can easily do that as well and then the last thing that I'm going to keep on my main pack is on this shoulder strap here which is my camera because I'm a camera geek because I like to make videos for you guys and take photos I'm gonna take that and clip it right to my shoulder strap now if it's raining if it's really rainy I actually take my camera off I put it in a gallon ziplock bag and I put it under my food bag in my main compartment and then that's it that is my main pack setup that is basically utilizing all 35 litres plus obviously the the shoulder strap now the caveat to that is I do carry extra camera equipment and I know some of you are not gonna carry as much camera stuff as I'm gonna carry so I do use a fanny pack so what's gonna go in my fanny pack is something like my microphone for my camera I'm gonna keep my GoPro in there so I can easily take a shot if it's if it's raining or it's super wet and I can't use my full-on camera I'm gonna keep extra filters in there and extra camera battery in there and in the back of there I'm going to keep my cell phone for navigation for making calls or whatever else and that straps obviously right on to my front and that is the only extra thing that I have aside from that 35 liters but again that is all main gear if you're not carrying extra camera equipment all in a 35 liter pack as you saw I'm all about the stacking system I want to be able to grab the first thing I need first and then the next thing I need next and then the last thing I need last and that really allows me to utilize a space like 35 liters and get all of that gear in there hopefully this video will help some of you that are thinking about downsizing your pack to something like a 40 liter or a 35 liter or if you had the same type of setup that I have with extra camera equipment it really just comes down to knowing your kit and knowing how to utilize that space to be efficient when you're on the trail if you found any value in this video go ahead and hit that like button subscribe to my channel if you haven't already and as always guys thanks for watching [Music] you

Channel: Darwin onthetrail

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Length: 13min 56sec (836 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 30 2020