Hiking with Merino Wool - Packing list for a four to five day trekking tour

In addition to the packing list for the hiking trip, there are some points that I would like to recommend to everyone on a multi-day hike, particularly:

• Keep order in your backpack! This already starts with packing – you should think about a concept and use the different compartments in the backpack sensibly. This means: things you only need once a day (in the evening at the hut) don’t have to block the way to the water bottle. On the other hand, it makes sense to place equipment such as the rain jacket to be within easy reach (for example, in the bottom compartment of the backpack).
• Pay attention to comfort! The backpack should fit well, and the shoes should be well broken in and not create blisters. The shirt should not rub, and the sunglasses should not slip all the time – this also brings us directly to the next tip:
• No experiments on a multi-day tour! While you can still manage a day tour well with one or the other problem, this can become unpleasant and dangerous on multi-day hikes, such as a hut tour.
  Therefore, do not set out on a seven-day hike with new shoes, a completely new backpack or otherwise untested equipment – otherwise it can quickly end after one day.

• Show consideration! This motto applies everywhere in the mountains – and especially in the narrow and often very crowded huts. Everyone has had a more or less exhausting day and has to get out again the following day. Therefore, one should adhere to the general hut rules such as night rest and careful interaction.
• Take garbage back with you! Especially on multi-day hikes, you produce quite a bit of waste with cereal bars, etc. – and this doesn’t belong in the mountains (and not on the hut) but must be disposed of in the valley.
  Depending on the choice of route, some additional equipment is, of course, sometimes necessary! For example, if you are going on a high-altitude tour or individual huts are connected via ferrata.
  In these cases, it is even more important to pay attention to weight optimization because you can not save on an essential part of the equipment (harness, helmet, carabiners)!