Though this is a picture bit amusing, this is true for most of the hardened veterans of back country when they are a beginner in this field. But need not worry. If at all you are a starter in the field of hiking, you will soon be able to put many miles on your boots. As time passes, you will be on the way of fine tuning your art, till finally your backpack does not appear like a truck and you do not carry many a number of bagels. Even though you have been as light as possible during your travels and hiking trips, do not forget to re-evaluate the hiking gear every time you leave for any trail. Just think if there is anything that you have always taken during your trips but never ever have used. Those things that you really do use, but could actually go without? Your friends and other members will help you in learning lot of things .They can give information about the areas that you can locally find and deliver you with several noteworthy points. Even you will get friends of similar mental wavelength who are adventurous to join you for your hiking vacation. Though you can see different types of people with distinct characteristics, some will be quite aggressive while others will be lazy and afraid of it, but still you will get some of them who will have similar interests as you. You, as a hiker if happen to stand on the bottom of the Mount Everest, you can yourself imagine as a wishful thinking to climb the mountain again like the great people who have done it before. If you would like to find the sunrise over Africa from the mountain Kilimanjaro, you have the options of most exciting views of taking a hiking trip that you can see places which are far away from here and isolated from the culture and refinement. Try to select the backpack with straps that are wide apart which will be more comfortable than the other narrow ones. Try to work out a solution and the many things you are going to take in your backpack and make sure about the trajectory you are going to take and take things accordingly. It is assured anyway that ultimately your shoulders and back will ache for a long time after the trip. The basic thing to remember is that both equipment and gear for mountain hiking shall be completely different, relying upon the mountain that you are planning to climb along with the weather conditions. Usually needed gear list along with those useful for mountain hiking trips is given below: Clothes Similar to the simple hiking, where a peculiar type of clothes needs to be worn for the hiking purpose, mountain hiking also requires the same clothing.