PackLog Base Guide
PackLog Base is a field notebook for connecting Gear, Packs, Diary, and Field Logs into your own Outdoor History. Start by registering gear, build Packs, then keep adding Diary entries and Field Logs from hikes, camps, and trips.
How to use PLB
PLB can be as light as a one-line Diary or as detailed as a record with gear, places, photos, and tracks. Use it lightly or deeply depending on the day.
Keep quick Diary notes
Save photos, GPS places, area names, and URLs for favorite shops or facilities. Even a short note becomes something you can revisit later.
Review memories like an album
Saved Diary entries can be browsed sideways like a photo album, helping you follow the natural flow of a trip or hike.
Turn favorites into cards
Favorite Diary entries can be saved as Diary Cards. On iPhone and iPad, you can save or share them from the system share sheet.
Record experiences with Field Log
Keep hikes, camps, trips, and photo outings with weather, distance, time, elevation, photos, and the Pack you used.
Grow Packs and gear
Register My Gears and build Packs by purpose so what you carried and what worked becomes your own experience database.
Recommended flow
- Register GearSave gear name, category, weight, photos, and notes.
- Build a PackCombine registered Gear into a loadout for hikes, camps, and trips.
- Write DiaryKeep everyday notes and photos casually.
- Write Field LogRecord places, weather, distance, GPX tracks, and the Pack you used.
Home
Home gathers recent Diary entries, Field Logs, Packs, and this month’s activity. When you are unsure where to start, write a Diary, build a Pack, or add a Field Log from here.
My Gears
Use it as your personal gear shelf for backpacks, tents, cameras, cookware, car camping items, and more. Weight, photos, purchase dates, and notes help with future prep and replacement decisions.
Create Pack / My Pack
Create loadouts for summer mountains, winter trips, tent nights, camping, car camping, and photo travel. Total weight and categories help you build Packs that fit your style.
Diary
Save photos, short notes, GPS, area names, and URLs for shops or places. Meals after a hike, camp mornings, roadside stops, and good light from a photo walk can all become small records.
Field Log
Record place, weather, distance, activity time, elevation, photos, GPX, and the Pack you used. It helps when returning to the same mountain, camping in another season, or reviewing shooting conditions.
Discover
Browse public Gear, Packs, Field Logs, and Diary entries. Similar mountain areas, camp styles, photo goals, and trip styles can become gentle hints for your own prep.
Mountain DB
Search mountains and manage Want to go, Favorite, and saved items. Linking Packs to mountains keeps a memory of what gear fits each destination.
Campgrounds
Search and save campgrounds, manage places of interest, and keep facilities, booking URLs, notes, and Packs for easier camp planning.
Trip Trails
Use GPX and Field Log locations to review the routes you traveled on a map. Trips, traverses, car camping routes, and photo point tours become easier to remember.
Search
Search public Gear, Packs, and Field Logs by keyword. You can copy useful Packs or Gear into your own data and edit from there.
Profile
Check your profile, rank, points, and special badges. It is less about posting a lot and more about feeling your records gradually build up.
Public and private
Gear, Packs, Diary, and Field Logs can be public or private. We recommend starting privately, then publishing only what you want to share. Public records can be viewed from Explore or shared URLs, so adjust photos and location information as needed.
Admin features
Admins see the Admin tab for operational information such as users, new registrations, and items waiting for review. Regular users do not see it.