If not blisters are the most common result and can be quite painful.
5. The clothes are also important for comfortable hiking. Wear only clothes that feel comfortable while you are walking. Generally this means loose fitting clothes. Your clothing should be chosen to help your body maintain a comfortable temperature while hiking - not too hot and not too cold. The best type of footware and clothes to wear while hiking will change on locale and weather. Hiking is a very personal experience. What works best for you, what brings you the most joy while hiking, won't be the same for everyone else. The basic rule to behaving well in the wilderness is: if you don't want someone to do it to you, don't do it yourself. And even if we were not to think of anyone but ourselves, if we found a particularly beautiful place, we might want to come back again another time. It includes not building another fire ring and blackening more stones when one already exists. It means not digging trenches or building stone walls or cutting down plants or killing animals or in some other way altering the wilderness unless your very survival depends on it. It includes protecting water supplies by not placing your waste so close to them that they can become contaminated and others.


Backpacking
Day hikers generally carry a much smaller pack with only a few articles of extra clothes, a simple emergency first aid kit, some water, and some food in their pack. Overnight hikers typically carry larger packs and more gear since they may need a storm shelter of some sort and extra insulation for warmth in which to spend the night as well as a larger variety of clothes and usually more than one meal. Finding the ideal gear load is a balance between carrying too much and carrying too little.
I divided backpacking into two major types:
1. Supplies or Consumables – These are water, food and stove fuel, or the things that get consumed and used up during a hike. 2.