I don't understand why on a day hike, on pavement - as you relate - there's a need for a folding saw and two fixed blade knives. Besides increasing the weight of your pack to make the walk a more strenuous workout, what's the point (note clever pun ...)?
Well, it's her standard dayhike kit. No mention in her post of pavement or shopping for designer shoes.
It's easier to have a standard kit that you know and is ready to go. That's what I try to do: standard kit, grab that bag and head out the door. I tie the main compartment with a coloured twist tie that tells me I have replaced/refilled everything and am ready for blastoff.
Quite true. This is my standard day
HIKE kit, not my purse. (That's got a SAK Camper in it, BTW, to address a point made above.) I did mention the pavement, though, when I pointed out that navigation tools, absent in these pics, are standard day hike gear for me, except when we stay on well marked paved local trails, which we've been hiking a lot lately. (A great way to get out every day, btw.)
[Speaking of blastoff: If you survey the kit that new moms carry, you quickly realize that the Apollo astronauts were practically buck freaking naked in space. A new mom stroller could colonize Mars with stuff to spare.
BTW, bacpacbaby does have a diaper bag that's effectively her 3 day BOB, but on day trips I just take a little diaper bag with a few diapers, wipes and cream, some formula and baby food, a bottle, spoon and soother, a receiving blanket or two, and a change of clothes. That wasn't the case when my son was a baby. I took everything but the kitchen sink everywhere we went. My back still hates me for that but I've learned a few things in the past 10 years.
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