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Kelly Hays packs a month's life without a hip belt

Her Arizona Trail loadout includes camp sandals, dedicated sleep clothes and a return to thru-hiking after two years away.

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I’m Leaving Everything Behind to Live Out of a Backpack…

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0:25Hays's major gear change is a frameless pack with no hip belt.
4:05Her sleep system combines a quilt, foam sleeping pad and inflatable pillow.
9:03Camp sandals, dedicated sleep clothes and skin care make her list of comforts and non-negotiables.
19:08The packed backpack weighs around 10.5 pounds without consumables.
20:00Hays finds her discontinued Adidas hiking shorts used on Poshmark.
20:54She says this will be her return to thru-hiking after a two-year break.

The backpack has no hip belt, but the camp sandals are coming. Kelly Hays's Arizona Trail packing video makes room for both a major equipment experiment and a few comforts she isn't prepared to leave at the cabin.

Hays posted nothing new this week. Instead, "I'm Leaving Everything Behind to Live Out of a Backpack…" remains her busiest upload right now, with roughly 286,000 views. Posted a fortnight ago, it lays out what she plans to carry for an 800-mile thru-hike across Arizona.

The frameless pack is the big change. Inside go a quilt, foam sleeping pad, tent and cooking kit, followed by the less negotiable personal extras: sleep clothes, skin care and those sandals. Her discontinued hiking shorts require their own supply strategy, tracking down used pairs on Poshmark. At the hanging scale, the load comes to around 10.5 pounds before consumables.

The channel added subscribers over the week, although daily viewing is below its usual level. Among nearby outdoor channels, Fishing Explained had a particularly busy week for views; Kelly Hays shared a similar subscriber increase with North Star Fishing and Poetry Of Slow Life.

The packing video's momentum is comfortably stronger than that of her older oasis and cabin-departure uploads. Its appeal also goes beyond the gear inventory: Hays says it has been two years since her last thru-hike. With the loaded pack on her shoulders, she sums up the prospect plainly: "Well, that's basically my entire life for the next month."

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