Beginner’s Guide to Packing a Backpack for Hiking

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So you’ve planned out your first overnight hiking trip. You’ve got all your essential backpacking gear. Now it’s time to pack your backpack for hiking.

Let’s get started with a few basic things you should keep in mind when planning how to pack a backpack for an overnight backpacking trip.

Sure, your bedazzled Jansport school backpack could carry a lot of textbooks, but it’s just not cut out for overnight hiking trips.

Before the big day comes when you set off into the wild, be sure to do a test run. Get out all your gear and pack your backpack.

Purchasing the right gear and really thinking through what you’re gonna take will make it way easier to pack your backpack because you won’t be packing a bunch of unnecessary stuff.

While backpacks differ somewhat in their designs and the way the compartments are divided up, most will still allow you to follow these basic packing guidelines.

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