Our First Ever Backpacking Trip

Join us for our first ever backpacking trip! In this adventure, we gear up for a small local backpacking trip to a primitive camping spot located in Lake Kissimmee State Park. We had such a great time on this trip, we learned a lot about backpacking and our gear, and we cannot wait to get out on future backpacking trips!
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00:00 Introduction
00:29 Getting Going
01:37 Whats Up Everyone!
02:19 Start of the Hike
03:15 Testing Out New Gear
05:58 Getting Into The Primitive Site
07:44 Setting Up Camp
09:04 First Backpacking Meals
13:59 Waking Up From Our Backpacking Tent
19:19 Packing Up, Morning Coffee And Breakfast
24:19 Ending Our First Backpacking Trip

[@hikewithmike4673]

nice place to hike and camp...I need to make it down there one of these days!

[@CampFireGrubFl]

Great Video !

[@patrickcoleman3]

Watching here from Sydney Australia and very much enjoyed your video. I have subscribed cheers.

[@SunshineStateVikings]

Awesome! We are so happy you liked the content. And thanks for the sub!

[@sebastianbrigian9345]

Thats awesome work.

[@SunshineStateVikings]

Thanks!

[@jameskesterson8503]

Get a smaller compression bag

[@SunshineStateVikings]

Thanks for the advice! We are hunting them down now for our next backpacking trip.

[@jameskesterson8503]

Get the mountain house biscuits and gravy it's very good taste like Hardee's

[@SunshineStateVikings]

🤔 that does sound delicious! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@selitf3ao]

What do you use for communication? Can you use your cell phones if something happens?

[@Foof50]

Anyone else rather they do the gopro PoV perspective instead of the run ahead setup up tripod and then walk past like the camera isn't there style?

[@SunshineStateVikings]

Thanks for the comment on filming style! We are still working on how all exactly we film these backpacking episodes, one of our main goals is to definitely be able to show the surrounding areas.

[@elenawalker517]

Hi 👋🏿 this is a great video as I am planning a backpacking trip next month. Is this your first time on this trail? Any other suggestions

[@SunshineStateVikings]

Hi, I hope we haven’t replied to late to you! But yes it is our first time on that trail, we thought it was very nice and very well blazed for following the path. Our only suggestion is to just spend the time planning, be safe, and have all the fun you can! When we were planning for this trip we came across this hilarious REI video that we thought had a lot of great info as to how to handle bathroom issues out in the wild, it’s worth checking out too! czcams.com/video/PbAMO7gSEOI/video.htmlsi=fIqrxdfdl_GtFoWN

[@Foof50]

First ever trip and you have $1100 in packs and tent alone. Good lord. Most people start off with a better budget setup

[@SunshineStateVikings]

100% it’s best not to spend 1000+ dollars on gear when your just starting out! We have hiked with many other packs, just the camping from a backpack is new to us. There are so many good ways to get new gear for cheaper and we certainly did some shopping around for the new gear we tested in this episode. Shoot I think everything that was new gear in this episode like the packs and the tent was essentially all half price by the time we paid for them. Thanks for the comment, we hope new comers to backpacking see the comment as well and find budget friendly options as well!