For day hiking/rucking, where I don't need to simulate the weight, nor need to survive overnight, I'm bringing the Mystery Ranch 2DAP.

This is an update to an older post with some slightly tweaked packing list.

Packing List

Fully packed, this weighs in at 16.8 pounds.

• Mystery Ranch 2-Day Assault Backpack (30L)
• 2x 32oz Nalgene water bottles
• Roll of 750 paracord
• Foot powder
• Rite-in-the-rain notepad
• 1x Poncho
• Pack rain cover
• Compass
• 2x map protractors
• 1x sharpie marker
• 1x map
• 10-15x granola bars
• Basic First Aid Kit
• 1x cat tourniquet
• 2x garbage bags, 2x ziplock bags
• 1x Radio (Ailunce HD1 DMR)
• 2x flashlight
• 2x headlamp (AA and recharchargeable)
• Ziplock with paper towels (runny nose etc)
• Portable power charger (Anker etc)
• Spare wool socks, underwear, tshirt
• Ranger beads for pace counting, paracord bracelet/compass/firestarter