Comments on: Travel works best with a minimum of baggage http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nicole Zimmerman http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html/comment-page-1#comment-535 Nicole Zimmerman Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:10:07 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html#comment-535 When I was traveling in the northland of New Zealand a couple years ago, I first set out attached to a bus ticket and a heavy load on my back - leaving me staggering under the weight. Both proved unnecessary. While waiting for a bus the first week, I met a Japanese hitchhiker who had just emerged from a 10-day zen meditation. He took one look at me and laughed, "More baggage, more fear!" After that I hitched around instead of being dependent on bus schedules, and when I got to the next post office promptly sent a large shipment home! Of course, all of this is learned in the travels - we reassess what we think we 'need'. I've learned that we will fill whatever space we have - a house, a car, a storage locker, a backpack - and hey, even a fannypack! Peace Pilgrim walked thousands of miles with nothing but pamphlets and letters in her pockets. When I was traveling in the northland of New Zealand a couple years ago, I first set out attached to a bus ticket and a heavy load on my back – leaving me staggering under the weight. Both proved unnecessary. While waiting for a bus the first week, I met a Japanese hitchhiker who had just emerged from a 10-day zen meditation. He took one look at me and laughed, “More baggage, more fear!” After that I hitched around instead of being dependent on bus schedules, and when I got to the next post office promptly sent a large shipment home! Of course, all of this is learned in the travels – we reassess what we think we ‘need’. I’ve learned that we will fill whatever space we have – a house, a car, a storage locker, a backpack – and hey, even a fannypack! Peace Pilgrim walked thousands of miles with nothing but pamphlets and letters in her pockets.

]]> By: Rolf http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html/comment-page-1#comment-534 Rolf Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:29:32 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html#comment-534 Hey, Kyle. I hope to have news on the new book before the end of the year. Stay tuned. I am down in SD, and will give you a holler if I head up to the OC anytime soon (you let me know if you get this far south). In the meantime, I've recently been spending some time down in Baja... And Kevin, I think it's amazing that you made it around the world with only what you carried in your fanny pack! If you ever blog at greater length about that experience, I'd love to read about (and link) it! Hey, Kyle. I hope to have news on the new book before the end of the year. Stay tuned. I am down in SD, and will give you a holler if I head up to the OC anytime soon (you let me know if you get this far south). In the meantime, I’ve recently been spending some time down in Baja…

And Kevin, I think it’s amazing that you made it around the world with only what you carried in your fanny pack! If you ever blog at greater length about that experience, I’d love to read about (and link) it!

]]> By: Kevin Rains http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html/comment-page-1#comment-533 Kevin Rains Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:31:30 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html#comment-533 Rolf, I loved this quote! It reminded me of my ATW trip 3 years ago (10 days after 911)... it was a short trip, just under a month but i decided i was only going to take what i could fit into a fanny pack. That simple decision gave the trip an immediacy that could not have been acheived if i over prepared or over packed. I knew i was going to have to trust that some of what i needed to make it throught the trip would have to be discovered en route. i say this not to brag (there's nothing in this brag-worthy really) but just to point people to a simple decision that can restore the sense of adventure to any trip.... the planned practice of underpacking Rolf,

I loved this quote! It reminded me of my ATW trip 3 years ago (10 days after 911)… it was a short trip, just under a month but i decided i was only going to take what i could fit into a fanny pack. That simple decision gave the trip an immediacy that could not have been acheived if i over prepared or over packed. I knew i was going to have to trust that some of what i needed to make it throught the trip would have to be discovered en route.

i say this not to brag (there’s nothing in this brag-worthy really) but just to point people to a simple decision that can restore the sense of adventure to any trip…. the planned practice of underpacking

]]> By: Kyle http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html/comment-page-1#comment-532 Kyle Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:48:11 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/travel-works-best-with-a-minimum-of-baggage.html#comment-532 Rolf- Any idea when the new book will be ready & on the shelves??...I look forward to it!...Are still down in SD?...I up here in OC...If your ever my up my way or when I'm down your way...I would love to grab a beer or a bite to eat...Have you had a chance to do any camping in Joshua Tree or backpacking in Southern Cal yet?? Kyle Rolf- Any idea when the new book will be ready & on the shelves??…I look forward to it!…Are still down in SD?…I up here in OC…If your ever my up my way or when I’m down your way…I would love to grab a beer or a bite to eat…Have you had a chance to do any camping in Joshua Tree or backpacking in Southern Cal yet??

Kyle

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