Did you say backpacking? Love it!
1. knives (hacker, slicer)
2. flask (Scotch or Bourbon preferred)
3. smoke (stick or pipe)
4. hiking poles (hells yeah)
and, drum roll please....
5. my hammock! (no-ache sleeping)
I used to do the ground stuff (A'dacks, Poconos, Black Forest Trial, etc)...