Luggage!
What do you take for 12 months?
Earlier this week we packed all of our bags; here
they are:
The large bag in the middle at the back is a covering bag containing my rucsac, which is a 75 litre Berghaus Bioflex. The bag should make it a little harder for baggage handlers to damage. My other bag is the blue Timbuktu courier bag at the front that holds my mac and which I'll take as hand luggage. The pack at the rear left is Paula's main one, which is a Patagonia wheeling bag. Paula's hand luggage (along with her hand bag, which is not in the snap) is the bag in the middle at the front.
The wheeled rucsacs in the middle belong to Zoe (the red one) and Heidi (the black one). Each of these has a separable day pack, detached in the picture, which they'll use as their carry-on bags. The remaining bag at the back right is another rucsac bag like mine, this time holding only Paula's, Zoe's and Heidi's sleeping bags (mine is in my rucsac). We did originally think that the girls may take theirs on planes with them, but we've since changed our minds.
My rucsac, once in the bag shown, weighs in at 52 pounds, which is heavier than I would like. I packed it the other day with the things that will be in it when we are walking in Corsica - which is the only time when I'll have to carry it for a long period. Then, with 2 litres of water on board, it came in at 31 pounds, which is manageable but I'd still like to reduce it by a few pounds if I can.
My courier bag weighs 16 lbs when fully loaded.
And that's it! Surprisingly perhaps, little of the total weight is accounted for by clothing. Virtually all of my clothes are "smart" Patagonia garments that weigh next to nothing, and there aren't many of them. The heavy goods are the cameras (I have two + a comcorder), sleeping gear (bags, bivvy bags, mats), books and so forth. But we've almost stuck to one bag + one carry-on item that each of their owners can manage, with the single exception being the (light) sleeping bags bag.
Ian
The large bag in the middle at the back is a covering bag containing my rucsac, which is a 75 litre Berghaus Bioflex. The bag should make it a little harder for baggage handlers to damage. My other bag is the blue Timbuktu courier bag at the front that holds my mac and which I'll take as hand luggage. The pack at the rear left is Paula's main one, which is a Patagonia wheeling bag. Paula's hand luggage (along with her hand bag, which is not in the snap) is the bag in the middle at the front.
The wheeled rucsacs in the middle belong to Zoe (the red one) and Heidi (the black one). Each of these has a separable day pack, detached in the picture, which they'll use as their carry-on bags. The remaining bag at the back right is another rucsac bag like mine, this time holding only Paula's, Zoe's and Heidi's sleeping bags (mine is in my rucsac). We did originally think that the girls may take theirs on planes with them, but we've since changed our minds.
My rucsac, once in the bag shown, weighs in at 52 pounds, which is heavier than I would like. I packed it the other day with the things that will be in it when we are walking in Corsica - which is the only time when I'll have to carry it for a long period. Then, with 2 litres of water on board, it came in at 31 pounds, which is manageable but I'd still like to reduce it by a few pounds if I can.
My courier bag weighs 16 lbs when fully loaded.
And that's it! Surprisingly perhaps, little of the total weight is accounted for by clothing. Virtually all of my clothes are "smart" Patagonia garments that weigh next to nothing, and there aren't many of them. The heavy goods are the cameras (I have two + a comcorder), sleeping gear (bags, bivvy bags, mats), books and so forth. But we've almost stuck to one bag + one carry-on item that each of their owners can manage, with the single exception being the (light) sleeping bags bag.
Ian
Posted: Thu - March 31, 2005 at 03:25 PM
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