Interested in Backpacking?

If you have never backpacked before, then the idea of packing everything you need to live into one backpack may feel like a daunting task. To help, I have created a gear checklist (if you are interested specifically in hiking the AT, I recommend checking out my AT Document package which has this and 9 other similar items which will help you be successful).

What you will quickly come to realize once you are on the trail, is that we do not need as many items as we think we do. One set of clothes for hiking and one set for sleeping in is really all a person needs (and, well, maybe a laundry mat as well).