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Packing For Your First Thru Hike (full gear list)

Crosby Grace Travels

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This is the essential gear that every beginner backpacker should know about before their first thru-hike. In this video, I unpack everything I brought on the Colorado Trail (my first thru-hike) and give you my honest thoughts and tips on each item.

Full gear list: https://www.crosbygracetravels.com/th...
Pack weight breakdown: https://lighterpack.com/r/2eyt9r
Colorado Trail documentary: I Tried Walking 500 Miles Across Colorado ...

Time Stamps:
0:00-1:05: Intro + base weight
1:05-2:45: My pack
2:45-5:00: 3 things to consider
5:00-17:04: Outside of my pack
17:04-19:16: Cook system
19:16-23:03: Toiletries
23:03-24:24: First aid kit
24:24-24:58: Sleeping pad
24:58-27:08: Tent
27:08-29:25: Sleeping bag/ liner/ pillow
29:25-33:05: Tech
33:05-44:16: Clothes & shoes
44:16-45:23: Bear bag
45:23-46:18: Final thoughts

Shot on the Sony ZV-E1 + 24mm F1.4 GM prime lens
Music and sound effects from Artlist: https://tinyurl.com/2dztry8v

20 Comments

@CrosbyGraceTravels Creator 10 months ago Pinned

DISCLAIMER!! I made a mistake and didn’t know that using biodegradable castile soap directly in natural water sources is against Leave No Trace principles. Please use it at least 200 feet away from water and scatter wastewater in the dirt to minimize impact. I’m so sorry for sharing incorrect and potentially harmful information. I will do better next time. Visit LNT.org to familiarize yourself with Leave No Trace Principles (I will be doing this as well 🤦🏼‍♀️)

@deborahblick13 10 months ago

I too have found a Kindle to be a nice companion. Not only can it carry an entire library of ebooks, but I loaded a notes app, which means I don't need a separate notebook and pen for journal entries and you can load out anything you can find or convert to jpg or PDF format. So I load out trail guides and maps, etc.

@corriedf 8 months ago

It's so nice to see a gear video from someone who isn't preaching ultra light. Way to carry a few luxury items and enjoy them while out hiking! Great videos! Thanks for sharing!

@kcricket39 7 months ago

I got CoolMax toe socks from Amazon after getting massive blisters on my first backpacking trip. I was 100% one of the people who thought toe socks were gimicky, but now I don't hike without them. I wear them in my everyday life, too, because I wear work boots a lot. I also recommend trying on your shoes with the toe socks if you're going to wear them. I have to get an extra half size bigger with the extra fabric in between my toes.

I also wear the baleaf hiking pants for work. They're great for climbing all over equipment and doing inspections, and if I ruin them, they're inexpensive to replace.

@tryscorer1 10 months ago (edited)

Crosby is right — Leukotape is the duct tape of the athletic world. I hoard 4–5 rolls because everything around me keeps breaking: my knee, my bike, tv remotes, my faith in mankind. If Leukotape ever goes out of stock, I’m screwed in ways even therapy can't fix. 😮😜

@natalliavarankovich 4 months ago

You can easily clean up sap with alcohol-based hand sanitizer! Just rub it in, dissolves sap in seconds.

@Get_Some_Nature 10 months ago

20:19 Dollar Tree Brush Buddies bamboo toothbrush for the win! Lightest full size toothbrush you can buy.

@kcricket39 7 months ago

Diva Cup is a brand, the general term is menstrual cup. I prefer the brand Saalt. The shape of their cup is much more comfortable IMO. There are also discs which work a bit differently but can be more comfortable than cups for some people.

@SparkyOne549 9 months ago (edited)

I use a 1liter pot. I boil water and pour 500ml into an ultralight mug for a hot mocha drink, then add my food to the remaining water that’s in my pot and it’s already boiled.

@Chris-td8mr 2 weeks ago

very nice, thank you. cant wait to watch the documentary next. greetings

@katherinecollins9636 10 months ago

If you get the adapter for the Sawyer so you can attach it to the clean bottle and tie a loop of thin paracord to the top of your bag, you can hang it from a branch stub and let it filter via gravity. I hang it and am able to do something else.

@jenniferdinovo3960 1 month ago

Great job, Crosby. Your documentary and videos are top notch! Keep them coming :)

@Skaven-gy5eq 4 months ago

Get Lambswool for blisters and to prevent them. just weave them between your toes and you will be surprised at how good it works.

@thedolt9215 7 months ago (edited)

Hey Crosby, I just watched your hike through Colorado… I gotta tell you, I think it’s prize worthy if you enter it in a documentary contest… You might try mountain film down in Telluride. I watched the whole damn thing from beginning to end. Outstanding!

@aikoadriaensen7779 1 month ago

Thank you so much! This was very helpful for a first time multi day full-gear hiker. First I thought; 46 minuten? Giiiirrrlll. But time flew by! 🙏🏼 Hopefully everything will fit in my bag.

@luuunky 6 months ago

Some physics for the pump sack when inflating your pad, open it as wide as possible and blow air into it from a distance. By Bernoulli's Principle it makes a vaccuum that sucks more air into the sack very quickly. Hope this helps!