Backpacking Clothes – Make Your Own
Backpacking Clothes – Make Your Own
Okay, do you actually desire to make all your own backpacking clothing? There are SOME backpacking clothing you can make inexpensively and rapidly.
Making Your Own Ski Mask
Discover any old thermal underclothing top or bottom, ideally made of polypropylene. You simply made a balaclava.
My homemade balaclava weighs less than an ounce. Stitch the leading shut if you desire, or simply pin it shut with a security pin. Making your own backpacking clothing does not get much easier than this.
Hand Warmers
Cut 5 holes in the end of each, and you now have 1-ounce hand warmers that leave your fingers complimentary. When you require to eliminate your mittens to connect your shoes, you will not absolutely expose your hands.
A Two-Dollar Insulated Vest
You can purchase 1/2″ poly batting at any material shop (I purchased mine at Walmart). Unroll it and cut a piece out, approximately 2 by 4 feet. It will be amongst the lightest backpacking clothing you’ll own.
I took my vest, together with my homemade balaclava, over glaciers, to the top of 20,600-foot Chimborazo, in Ecuador. I likewise used it to the top of Mount Shasta in California, and on numerous other journeys. I made it as a non reusable vest, however it’s held together for several years now.
Do not hesitate to call me with concepts for any basic backpacking clothing or devices that can be made in the house. If it can’t be described in a paragraph, it’s most likely too complicated and time consuming for me. I choose to knapsack, not stitch.
Okay, do you actually desire to make all your own backpacking clothing? There are SOME backpacking clothing you can make inexpensively and rapidly. Discover any old thermal underclothing top or bottom, ideally made of polypropylene. Making your own backpacking clothing does not get much easier than this.
Feel complimentary to call me with concepts for any easy backpacking clothing or devices that can be made at house.
