The execution of any hiking trip requires the necessary tourist equipment. Conditionally it can be divided into personal, group and special. Personal belongings belong only to the personal belongings of the tourist. To group equipment, which is used by the whole group, but to a special one, the equipment that is required for carrying out expeditionary and local history assignments.
General requirements for tourist equipment are strength, ease of use, hygiene, safety of operation, minimum weight and volume and aesthetics.
First of all, the equipment used by the tourist should ensure maximum safety. After all, it is often a matter of preserving life and health. It should also be remembered that the campaign minimizes the opportunity to change a spoiled item or repair it. All equipment for tourism should be as high as possible.
Equipment for water tourism
For this type of tourism, first of all you need kayaks or canoes. They are frame, fiberglass, inflatable and frame-inflatable. The vessel you take should ensure the maximum safety of the crew, therefore, the complexity of the route should also be repelled.
Of course, the main equipment for tourism is a tent - a mobile home, where you can restore the spent forces. If you stay overnight, you can not do without a sleeping bag. A backpack is very important during a water trip. It differs significantly from ordinary backpacks for hiking. It has no pockets and it is made of all sorts of waterproof materials that protect the items packed in it.
Cooking while traveling often takes all the time off, so bowlers are also an important element of tourism.
Equipment for sports tourism
Equipment for this type of tourism often depends on the type of hike. The main thing during sports tourism is to pay attention to the choice of clothes and shoes, ropes, carbines, etc. The technical means of insurance, lanterns, tents, bonfires, tents, dishes, navigation and communications equipment will also be useful in the campaign.
Equipment for mountain tourism
The essence of mountain tourism is that it is necessary to overcome obstacles of different levels of complexity. This type of tourism is quite dangerous, so special training and equipment is needed. First of all, it should be warm and ventilated. Also the climber should be able to make his own individual equipment, which will create comfortable conditions for overcoming climbing routes.
This type of equipment includes high-altitude shoes, protective leggings, shackleton, bivouac footwear, storm suit, mittens, backpack.
Equipment for winter tourism
If you plan a hike in the winter and at the same time make a couple of overnight stays in the open air, you need a quality sleeping bag and a rug. Also a necessary part of the winter
It is very important to choose high-quality winter boots, it is better that they are not end-to-end, as it will be necessary to wear warm socks, and sometimes not one pair.
The main equipment for tourism and recreation in winter is a quality tent and a backpack. Pay attention to the material and weight of these two units, because the winter trip is quite heavy and you do not need extra cargo. Choose branded things that are specially created for such hikes, because any Chinese analogue can not protect you from the cold, and its operation will hardly be long.