When you finally decide to step outdoors and start planning your trip, you need to decide for how long you are going, based on that, you will need to think what size backpack or hiking daypack to take, what other gear items you might need for your trip. There are quite a few hiking essentials you will need, so you will need to think how you are going to fit all of your hiking gear in such tiny space. If you are relatively new to hiking, or just going for a short trip, you won’t need a professional, heavy duty hiking backpack, you will be able to get away with…