# Ten essentials

These items are often recommended to be carried out when hiking, but they are good examples of what's important to sustain life:

1. Navigation: map, compass, altimeter, GPS device, personal locator beacon (PLB) or satellite messenger
2. Headlamp: plus extra batteries
3. Sun protection: sunglasses, sun-protective clothes and sunscreen
4. First aid including foot care and insect repellent (as needed)
5. Knife plus a gear repair kit
6. Fire matches, lighter, tinder and/or stove
7. Shelter carried at all times (can be a light emergency bivy)
8. Extra food Beyond the minimum expectation
9. Extra water Beyond the minimum expectation
10. Extra clothes Beyond the minimum expectation


That's pretty much the standard ten essential list.

# Simplified and edited version:
1. Smartphone (has Gps, offline maps, even satellite communication built in) - just have enough backup batteries to charge and care not to break.
2. Headlamp or flashlight is better to separate from Smartphone
3. Hat (if it's really sunny or sandy, sunglasses)
4. Bandaid, polysporin cream
5. Multitool with scissors
6. Small propane cooking kit with spark striker
7. Waterproof clothes
8. Trail mix (nuts and dried fruit), beef jerky
9. Water purification tablets or filter

# More simplified version:
1. knife

# Even more simplified version:
0. knowledge to use what's around

You decide, how minimal you can be, just don't bring the whole closet when hiking.