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Good article I especially like the perspective about one months income to one years travel. If your thinking about doing this one thing I would recommend is a
by corkill 14y ago
Good article I especially like the perspective about one months income to one years travel.
If your thinking about doing this one thing I would recommend is a much smaller backpack. With a 90L pack you are lugging it around everywhere, you will also look like a tourist everywhere you go.
See http://tynan.com/2010gear http://tynan.com/2010gear, Tim Ferris also has a post on light packing I believe. A 22l can be done (although prob not with an SLR).
An added benefit is you will not need to check luggage for flights.
- bradly 14y agoYes, a 90L pack is quite big, and the thing about backpacking is you almost always fill whatever size bag you use. I have a 50L bag that is perfect. In my younger days I did 6 weeks with a 30L (include an SLR), but it really wasn't worth the hassle of packing it so full. The zipper actually broke towards the end of the trip.
- 001sky 14y agoFigure a weight < 15kgs as well, but your volume @ ~40-50L is about right, IMHO.
- orofino 14y agoI agree that there is such a thing a too small, something the backpacker community seems to eschew [see Tynan article above]. We've been travelling for 6 months with 40L packs, we're consistently wishing they were about 5-10L larger. However, we make due and are always grateful when we see a fellow backpacker with an enormous bag.