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It’s often a big tripper’s dilema – what to pack for many places on a big trip in something we carry on our backs? What goes in that pack has to accomodate a large variety of places in terms of weather, activities, and culture. Tomorrow, I’m going on my fourth big trip and today I [...]

How do you edit your closet and all these travel goodies for such a long journey? Thoughts like – what if it’s cold, what if it’s too hot? To show arms, but not to show arms? I used my parent’s flex room as a staging area and laid out all that I wanted to pack. Several editing sessions later and I was able to fit everything in my ladies small Gregory back pack and my Pacsafe day pack. The former weighed in at 27 lbs, which is very manage-able. On my first trip to India, I had waaaaay overpacked at 45 lbs. And now that there are lovely baggage check in charges and tighter restrictions, I did my best to pack only what I needed.