Some water bottles

Flashlight, headlamp, and a lamp. I would say all 3 are pretty necessary but if you can only have one I'd choose a headlamp so that you can multitask.

Extra batteries for your light apparatus

Matches

Tarp

Whistle?

An extra change of clothes just in case

Perhaps an emergency mylar blanket

Yeah those are the basics. Also some basic hygeine stuffs would be good

@Swizzle any tips in specific you're looking for?

Honestly i want to know how to pack well

like i dont want my backpack to be super heavy so that i waste energy lugging it around

I see... How big is the backpack?

It's like a standard school backpack

So 4 pockets maybe?

it has a thin pocket, a big one with a smaller pocket inside, a little one on the outside, two(?) water bottle holders

Ah

probably not the most efficient but i wanted to use it for SOMETHING

So for the little one on the outside I usually keep my first aid kit and an extra pocket knife as well as matches. Those are the things you'll want quickest access to

right

In the small pocket inside the larger one I'd keep hygiene stuff if you want those.

also my best weapons would be handheld ones since im only 16 and cant own a gun- especially in Maryland, which is super liberal

well guns ARE handheld

but like hand to hand combat

I see. I can't own guns either x]

XP

I like me a good knife though

haha

I've got a machete, a bowie, and 3 pocket knives

They're all pretty handy

i wish there was a good way to transport guinea pigs- i have one and id never leave him behind

Yeah idk about that 😂 I'm no animal expert.

oof

I mean you could place it in a ball or something and pack it in your backpack

Like a guinea pig ball

Idk I've never even seen a guinea pig irl

maybe! id have to make sure he'd get air and didnt defecate on my stuff tho

Yea

this is him- his name is Fido

Ah