People carry too much gear. We are planning a trip to Scotland this year so we are working on how to fit everything we need into a couple of sub 500 gram backpacks such as these . For about a month away we will want to be carrying sub 20 lb (<10 kg) on our backs at all times, usually much less, so we will take these day packs as well..
We will be hiring a camper, but we will also be doing some overnight/multi-day hikes so we need a tent (so I will have to make a silnylon version before we go) and all our camping gear. As Scotland is hardly the untamed wilderness, there are things we normally take on forays into wilder climes (such as Fiordland) which we will not need. This post gives you some idea of things which I might normally take for a week’s trip into the wilderness.
We will also be taking an inverter so Della can dry her hair in the car, and a hiking shower and a couple of gas canister stoves so we can have a hot shower when car camping. I think there are lots of places i will find where we can do this. I will just look for patches of ‘bush’ on Google Earth and head for them. At our age and as farmers I doubt we will get into any trouble with the locals with our ‘free camping’. The alternative is to shell out $75-150 per night basically for a shower (we already have bed/s) and in some crowded accommodation I wouldn’t want to stay in anyway!
This young man has spent a year touring the world with just a 20 litre backpack and 20 lb (or <10kg) of gear). He is wise. I see lots of travelling folk virtually crushed by 60+ litre backpacks (which clearly weigh around 3kg empty &