Gear Guy

Trail Tested author Justin “Trauma” Lichter has hiked more than 35,000 miles across the country and beyond (equal to nearly one and a half times around the Earth!). His travels include hiking the “Triple Crown” of long-distance hiking—tthe Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail. And through his travels he has fine-tuned the ultimate gear must-have list through plenty of trial and error—beating up, wear-testing, and putting the gear to its limits. The end result is an essential hiking gear list of Justin’s best of the best, compiled here just for you: