{"id":334,"date":"2026-04-06T17:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/how-to-pack-your-backpack-the-right-way-outside\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:36:22","slug":"how-to-pack-your-backpack-the-right-way-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/how-to-pack-your-backpack-the-right-way-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pack Your Backpack the Right Way | Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Pack Your Backpack the Right Way | Outside\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ruQdDdLB420?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Outside editorial fellow Taylor Gee gives us the breakdown of how he packed his backpack for his thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail and, from bottom to top, where gear should go in your kit. Following these guidelines while backpacking will help make sure your load is balanced, which will help you hike longer and farther with less pain.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <\/p>\n<p>Want more gear? Subscribe to our Gear Fix newsletter to get our latest gear stories and videos sent straight to your inbox twice a week: <\/p>\n<p>Join our Gearheads group to get personal product recommendations from editors and other Outside readers: <\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook:<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter:<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram:<br \/>\nFollow us on Pinterest: <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the Outside Podcast: <\/p>\n<p>Have feedback on this video? Want us to review something? Just want to say hi? Drop us a line at letters@outsideim.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Outside editorial fellow Taylor Gee gives us the breakdown of how he packed his backpack for his thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail and, from bottom to top, where gear should go in your kit. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/how-to-pack-your-backpack-the-right-way-outside\/\" title=\"How to Pack Your Backpack the Right Way | Outside\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61],"class_list":{"0":"post-334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-camping-hiking-essentials","8":"tag-how-to-pack-a-backpack-for-hiking-efficiently"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}