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>cheap silicon stretch lid will turn your cook pot into a cold soak container and a water bottle, €2 on eBay>consider adding a stretchy pocket underneath your bag for snacks, this way you don’t need hip belt pockets>consider mounting your water bottles on the shoulder straps to balance out packweight>one single trash compactor bag instead of drybags and stuff sacks >sleep right next to or on your food and you won’t need to tie it to a tree to protect from rodents (unless it’s bear country)>medkit: a few Benadryl’s for sleep and allergies, a few paracetamol (ibuprofen fucks your internals over many months), a safety pin for popping blisters and repairs, dental floss wrapped around a tiny vial of antiseptic ointment (perfume sample bottles are good), a curved sewing needle pre threaded with the dental floss, and some duct tape or leukotape wrapped around your lighter or a pole for blisters, taping dressing on, repairs etc. If you get hurt bad enough you won’t care about ripping up your clothes to make bandages, and tape will cover just about everything else. >”unicorn bottle” free from vape shops for concentrated soap if you want it>a small water bottle with a sports cap for a “bidet”>use sports caps on your bottles so you don’t have to lick the same grody top each day>keep your bottles out of the sun if you use plastic. This is the advantage of using your pot as a bottle: you avoid phalates and bpa You can get it down real low without losing too much comfy
Good luck anon! I want to do the PCT soon
