This essential will be short in description...a multi-purpose tool. Why do you need a multi purpose tool as part of your arsenal for essential hiking?
First of all, they are small. A little tool like this will fit easily into your backpack and will come in very handy when the situation arrives. There are several cases where you may need the help of a tool like this, starting with the pliers feature.
Once on a hike, I managed to break the zipper on my backpack leaving it solidly closed. the only way I would have been able to get into the backpack would have been to cut it open with a knife, another part of the multi purpose tool, and that would be just crazy!
The pliers on my tool were perfect to not only open the backpack, but to repair the zipper also.
Among the other uses afforded by this tool includes a can opener, something we all forget at some time or another, as well as a bottle opener.
Even more tools you can find on a multi purpose tool are spring loaded scissors, essential for cutting bandages if you're unfortunate enough to suffer an accident, or maybe you just want to cut string or cord.
Then there's the file, screwdriver, awl, mini-saw, crimper among other smart tools you just don't think of.
These days, the tools are so light but also very strong and it makes sense to get a good quality brand to ensure all the parts work soundly. Try to get one that folds away to a small/rectangle square shape if possible so there are no parts that can damage the inside of you backpack, or any 'pointy' bits that can give you a surprise when fumbling around inside your pack.
A multi purpose tool goes on the list of one of the 10 essentials for hiking because the simple tools, and often forgotten ideas, sometimes come in the most useful.
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