Gear – This includes all of the equipment.
The big gear types are:
a) Pack – This includes the backpack, camera bags, water bottles, rain covers, ...
b) Shelter – Includes tent, tarp, bivouac sack, ground cloth, rigging line, and tent pegs
c) Sleeping – The sleeping system category includes sleeping bags or quilts, sleeping bag liners, and foam pads.
d) Clothes – This group includes all clothes from pants and shirts to hats, gloves, and shoes.
The little four gear types are: Kitchen, Office, Hygiene, Emergency/Repair
a) Kitchen – Includes anything to do with the storage, preparation, food and water. b) Office – Everything related to information. It includes maps, pens, pencils, notebooks, compasses, altimeters, radios, binoculars, and so on.
c) Hygiene – It includes such things as first aid kits, toilet paper, soap, and other.
d) Emergency/Repair –This group of items consists a couple of needles, some thread, spare buttons, a few rubber bands, some extra line. What can be happend:
Cold - Getting cold can be a life threatening situation even when temperatures are not extremely low.
Heat - Too much of anything can cause drangerous bodily imbalances. Heat is no exception.
Lightning - Learn how to cope with lightning when caught in a storm.
Rain - Rain keeps many hikers at home or tent bound
Snow - Avoiding snow related problems is easier for those properly prepared.
Navigation - Getting lost in the wilderness can turn surviving in paridise into a harrowing ordeal. Learning a few basic skills to prevent getting lost is easy.
Animals - Most wildlife is harmless and afraid of mankind, but there are a few animals that can pose a threat. Learn how to avoid unpleasant encounters. Plants - There are some poisionous plants and others that can be a nuisance if you are not properly prepared.
Photography- Recording and sharing your hiking adventures

Hiking is walking in nature. It includes different categories. This kind of sport is free. It only requires comfortable clothing and footware, consumables –water and food, good hiking map and other gears. It makes people happy and offers them relax. Good luck and happy trails to you!.