Why One Backpacker Editor Keeps Empty Peanut Butter Jars in Her Gear Closet

Gear is a large a part of being a backpacker. Because it seems, it’s additionally an enormous a part of being a Backpacker editor. I would technically have the whole lot a backpacker wants, however I’ve it with the group of somebody whose first-aid equipment is a zip-top bag of free tablets.

I went on my first backpacking journey with Lady Scouts once I was in seventh grade, and since then, I’ve been accumulating items of substances huge and small. What began off as little fixtures purchased between paychecks of my highschool lifeguarding job has now turn out to be a fleshed-out closet targeted on high quality and finances.

On this video, I’ll present you some standout items of substances in my quiver, together with a beloved hat, a pee-tarnished backpack, and a trusty therapeutic massage curler. Positive, my gear closet is small. (There may be some extra tents and sleeping luggage taking over area in my dad and mom’ storage.) And a few, the haters, may name it a bit of cluttered. However it has the whole lot I want for the adventures on my bucket checklist, and that’s all I might ever ask of it.

Keep tuned for extra gear closet walkthroughs with the remainder of the Backpacker workers.

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