My backpack

These are my two backpacks!

The big backpack is a Deuter Aircontact PRO 60+15 which I hope not to full completely. This is a fantastic backpack, the Ferrari of all backpacks! It is very comfortable even carrying heavy loads. Its inconvenience: it weights 3.100 g empty, this is too much.

The small backpack is  the Futura 28, also from Deuter. I love this backpack! This is exactly what I was looking for: an airy day backpack that I can also use for 1-2 days treks plus it is very beautiful. Its only inconvenience: unlike the Aircontact, it does not come with rain cover, I had to bought it apart and it takes some space in it.

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What to put inside, the PACKING LIST, is one of the most difficult (if not painful) parts of the WT Organisation because I need equipment for different seasons, weathers and activities. My target for the big backpack was <12.5 Kg but considering that it weights 3.1 Kg by itself it looked like an impossible mission . .

After few attempts and some renunciations, I gave up trying at 14.5 kg (big backpack) and 6 kg (day backpack). Both backpacks are heavier than I expected but I can always abandon some things during the trip to make them lighter 😉

182066092WebDuring the WT I hope to do many treks and hikes so some specific items, like hiking boots, trek pole and rain trousers are necessary. I am not carrying my sleeping bag, this is something I will rent on site. Instead, I am taking a sleeping bag liner.

I love photography so I could not imagine leaving without my reflex. I am bringing my two cameras, a compact and a reflex (950 g , by the way) but I am leaving all my lenses and other gadgets at home (I will use only one standard lens).

Updating and sharing this blog with you means that I need a mini computer, which I bought for the occasion. That’s the pink case. I hate the color but it was 5€ cheaper than the black one, lol. The small red case is an external disk to have a second copy of my pictures just in case (I suppose I will become paranoiac about loosing my pictures).

Unfortunately, I cannot travel with an electronic guidebook so I am leaving with my China Lonely Planet paper version. China guidebook will be replaced by Indonesia guidebook and then by Myanmar guidebook and so on.

I tried to optimize my pharmacy. Still, it is a very complete pharmacy. I know my body’s flaws and being allergic to penicillin I prefer to travel with my antibiotics. I also have a complete first aid kit.

My sandals will be replaced by my sport shoes in Australia.

 

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