What to take You'll need to carry in your pack absolutely everything you might require, including spare clothes, avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel, food, bivvy bag etc.
They make for less work, and, when folded up, more space in your pack.
Stow them in your pack for backcountry climbs, then unfold them for the descent.
Lifeventure Printed Trek Travel Towels: £19.99, lifeventure.co.uk Towels are annoyingly bulky in your pack, so a lightweight travel version is a must.
Backpacking is all about seeing the world, sampling new cultures — and trying to fit as many things in your pack as you can without falling over.
You can never put your finger on it — it could be something in your pack job, or the weather, or the people you're jumping with, or your mind-set.
Black Diamond Ember USB Chargeable Torch: £35.99, surfdome.com Whether you're stumbling from tent to toilet or finding your toothbrush in your pack when it's past lights-out time, having a good torch is essential.
Further ridge-top ramblings await, but for now, this is the place to indulge in that trail-side picnic you put in your pack at the start of the day.
When his colleagues stop to admire some rare plants atop a mountain, Pasquale rolls his eyes and later tells the camera, "Pick the frickin' flower, put it in your pack, and let's talk about it down in the bottom".
In fact, at the time, the Colombian Interior Ministry was cracking down on the smuggling of cultural patrimony, and it was considered riskier at the airport to disguise a ceramic bowl in your pack than to carry cocaine.
