sleeping materials (bag, tent, mattress), cooking gear + food, climbing
gear, diving gear, souvenirs, TV set, laptop, the concise lonely planet
collection, makeup, ...
;-)
just my guesses (i never carry more than 65 litres)
"Joni" wrote in message
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> There's one thing that I haven't understood during the last ten years. Why
> on earth do people carry huge backpack while travelling (or should I say
> budget travelling)?
>
> When we go for a few months trip with my wife we usually have one medium
> size pack (like about 60 liters) and one day pack (maybe 30 liters).
That's
> more than enough for both of us. And I'm travelling with a woman :-)
>
> Would someone tell me me what do you have on those huge packs. Quite a
> common sight is a couple with two huge packs (maybe 90 liters) and two
full
> day packs. What do you carry there? I'm just curious...
>
> And please don't tell that a longer trips requires larger packs. My
opinion
> is that two weeks is sort of a limit. If the trip takes two weeks or four
> months there's no difference when you are packing. Opinions?
>
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