Shadowing Practice: Backpacking for the first time | Packing, Prepping, & hiking! - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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okay everyone in literally on monday

and it's saturday in two days approximately i'm gonna be going on my first ever backpacking trip

so let's get ready for the backpacking trip let's pack let's get food

and then we're gonna go on the trip and you're gonna come along with me

so I just thought it'd be fun to take you guys

through the whole process as I do it for the very first time in my life ever

so yeah okay to go on my first backpacking trip ever the first thing

that I need is a backpack

so I am going to get a backpack I have an idea of the one

that I want to get

so what I need to do is I need to get a backpack I need to get food

and then I pretty much have everything else like i have all the clothes

and actually a decent amount of the camping gear

so pretty much just a backpack and food

so let's head out on a journey to find

that okay i have my list of things to gather so let's go first to the store to get

food or should i get other things first yes guys i'm literally so excited to go

and get some snacks and backpack and things I need.

Just kidding.

I actually got my backpack a couple days ago.

Right now I'm going to the grocery store.

On my list I have some carrots, some apples.

I just want to get things that aren't going to bruise or go bad doing an overnight.

So, lots of, like, snacks like that.

So, I'm gonna go to the grocery store and get those.

I also have to get some wet wipes for my armpits,

my face, and all that stuff so I don't become gross and smelly.

And I also have to get a mini deodorant.

I already have a mini toothpaste.

So, that's good.

But, yeah, that's pretty much what I need today.

Okay, we've arrived let's go into the grocery store and get some groceries.

There are a couple more things that I got.

I got this canned coffee.

I've had it before.

It's like, it's okay.

So it's just nice to have a coffee in the morning.

I got jerky.

so got some beef jerky will be a good snack some protein

so the next thing i got is this meal apparently you actually don't even need a bowl

which is so fabulous but the flavor

that i got was yellow curry with chicken and rice

because it's gluten-free and the reviews are very positive they're very good this has very good reviews

so it must be good so i'm excited to try this out I've never had a camp of dehydrated meal before.

So, a freeze-dried meal before.

So we'll see how that goes.

I also got these water treatment tablets so I don't get a disease

but it turns out my friend already got some so I didn't really need to get them.

I also have

I'm gonna bring these granola bars which actually Go Macro sent them to me

so thanks guys and they're I've tried them a couple times they're pretty good

and they also don't have any gluten in them

and it's all kind of natural protein sources which is good because whey protein actually really bugs my stomach.

Then I also got bear spray.

Important.

And then I also got a water bottle that you just scoop up,

scoop up the water from the river and you can drink it because it has a,

it has a filter.

So we'll see how that goes.

But this is everything I bought.

And one more thing.

One more purchase is this bad boy.

Yes!

Now I have, I officially have a backpacking backpack.

Yay!

This is awesome.

This is the Osprey Atomos bag.

It's the 65 liter one.

I got the bigger one because I'm going to use it when I travel.

I'm going to need it to go down a little bit.

So I'm going to use it when I travel and then also for like backpacking.

And I also want to do more backpacking trips.

So I was like, I'm just going to get the bigger one.

So here we go.

It feels very secure.

So we got all the food and stuff ready.

And I'm going to start packing my bag.

okay some other things we got all my water bottles bear spray my toiletries

and like toothbrush and everything a pillow my sleep mat

and oh yeah sunglasses too this is the bag with all the food in it i still have more food

that i have to add i also have a sleeping bag

but i'm pretty much all packed up oh my god my backpack is genuinely so full but i have finished packing

for the trip.

Yes, everything's ready to go.

Yes, so ready.

It was August 27th and we had just set out on our grand adventure.

So we were driving up to Whistler for the evening just to stay overnight

so we didn't have to get up super super early the next day.

The drive was about an hour and a half but we did stop in Squamish for some food and whatnot.

And then we also went to the village to gather some supplies for dinner,

which we decided to make burgers.

I got these gluten-free buns that actually tasted like Play-Doh,

but the rest of the burgers were good.

And once we had dinner,

we just kind of hung out for a bit and then went to bed.

Time to go to bed.

It's the night before the hike.

See you tomorrow July 28th Got up bright

and early At 6.30 in the morning Made myself a coffee

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and then crafted Two beautiful sandwiches to accompany me For my

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hike for my lunch Then I made a protein smoothie

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And had some toast among other things

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And then got dressed to go on the hike Outfit is on

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so we left it around 8 30

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and then ended up getting there around 9 to begin the

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hike get him i'm definitely gonna get it like out of

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here yeah can you give us a spin please oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

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and so the hike began i actually did this hike last year with my dad i don't know

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if you guys saw that video but But this time was a little bit different as we were camping overnight.

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It has commenced.

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For some reason going into this hike I was

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so convinced I would be completely fine in that the extra 30 pounds on my back,

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30 to 40 pounds on my back would not be much of an issue.

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And boy was I wrong.

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Luckily our campground was about 8 kilometers into the hike.

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Unfortunately though it was 8 kilometers of straight uphill and 900 meters of elevation.

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It's currently 9.43.

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We've done 2.38 kilometers.

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Despite the difficulty, we persevered nonetheless taking quite a few breaks along the way

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and eventually we got up to the campground around 11.30.

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Currently at the campsite trying to find a place to lay down our stuff.

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So, let's get it going.

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Let's go!

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It's beautiful.

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Should I keep going?

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Keep rolling.

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Keep on rolling, boy.

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Yay, our home's for the night.

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Once we arrived at the campsite,

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we just kind of set everything up because we didn't really want to do it when we got back,

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so we set up our tent.

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We actually put the pegs in the wrong way the first time.

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But anyway, we set up our tent,

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sleeping bag, all that kind of stuff and then we had some lunch.

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I had two sandwiches for lunch as I was very hungry

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and then we kind of got ready to go for the next leg of our trip.

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We started the next leg of the hike at around one o'clock

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and it was about five and a half kilometers to get up to Panorama Ridge

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and the hike up there was genuinely so beautiful.

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All the wildflowers were out and it's just kind of otherworldly up there.

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Oh my god, this is...

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Alright, there's where we're headed.

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Go right ahead.

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Alright, so this is where we're gonna go hike up there.

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perfect we are currently up in the meadow we have how

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many kilometers are like three i think about two kilometers in our we have about two

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and a half three kilometers you don't see that every day don't see

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that every day you really don't i don't think i'll ever get over how beautiful this hike is.

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It's my favorite hike that I've ever done.

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It's just so beautiful and calming and peaceful up here

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and the views are like completely just unmatched and I just feel so peaceful up in the mountains.

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Anyway, at this point we are about one kilometer from the top

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which is a pretty brutal completely uphill scramble but it is so worth it for the views you get to see.

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so so

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we stayed up at the top for about an hour just trying to take in all of the natural beauty

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that we had just witnessed

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and then at around four we decided to climb back down on our way back down we collectively decided

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that we wanted to do a quick detour to Garibaldi Lake

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which is the nearby lake that you actually saw

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when we were up on Panorama Ridge that's Garibaldi Lake

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and we were all feeling very sweaty and dusty and wanted to take a swim before heading back to the campsite

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and dive oh god it's nice and nice okay yes oh my god oh

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oh god i gotta get out of here is it that cold? yeah it's really cold

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is it nice though? uh yeah yeah it definitely goes i'm really convincing i'm really convincing put your hands up Yes,

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I'm taking a video

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We headed back to the campsite and by the time we got back it was time for dinner

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So we just had dinner and now we're hanging out in Ruby's tent Okay,

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then we'll do a tent a tent tour

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woke up around 6 30 it was actually completely freezing

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when we woke up which was crazy i was not expecting

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that but anyway had some breakfast had some coffee some oats peanut butter an apple very tasty breakfast

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and then had to warm up in the tent for a little bit before deciding to pack up

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and head back down my toes are literally so cold it's okay

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i'm just sitting and warming up and then we're gonna get ready

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and um hike back down in a bit and go home

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so yeah gotta start disassembling everything then this marked the end

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of our trip we hiked back down it was about two

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and a half hours to get back down the entire hike down i was just feeling

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so happy and grateful for the experience,

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my lovely friends, and everything we got to see and do,

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and I'm so excited to do more overnights in the future.

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On the drive back down,

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we stopped for a post-hike obligatory burger,

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and then after that, just went home.

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Finally arrived home.

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The first shower is gonna hit,

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and then I'm gonna have a nap.

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