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50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Thu 16 Dec, 2021 8:34 pm
by Dexter
https://www.thehikinglife.com/2021/12/5 ... ng-too-far

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Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Fri 17 Dec, 2021 11:19 am
by JohnnoMcJohnno
Cheers Dexter, I got a good laugh out of that. I'm pleased to say that the only one I've been guilty of is number 35.

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Sat 18 Dec, 2021 9:23 pm
by wildwanderer
Guilty of 27.
Who needs more than two pairs of socks?

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Sun 19 Dec, 2021 4:51 am
by north-north-west
wildwanderer wrote:Guilty of 27.
Who needs more than two pairs of socks?


I did the Larapinta (wiith lots of sidetrips) with a single pair of Injinjis.
They were wrecked by the end, but it did mean a lighter load.

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Sun 19 Dec, 2021 7:36 am
by ChrisJHC
north-north-west wrote:
wildwanderer wrote:Guilty of 27.
Who needs more than two pairs of socks?


I did the Larapinta (wiith lots of sidetrips) with a single pair of Injinjis.
They were wrecked by the end, but it did mean a lighter load.
I did it with two pairs of Injinjis, however I did take another pair of thick woollen socks to sleep in.
Decadent, I know!

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Sun 19 Dec, 2021 8:30 am
by north-north-west
I didn't think the sock issue included campwear. My possum wool bedsocks go everywhere with me.

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Mon 20 Dec, 2021 12:01 pm
by headwerkn
The only problem with a damp pair of Injinjis is that they take 5 minutes to put on! ;-)

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Sun 02 Jan, 2022 9:21 pm
by Gadgetgeek
#44 would be all the packers who cried out in angst that vollys were not going to be the same when they were split from dunlop.
I don't hit many of those but I've seen the temptation, and I've done training with a few freshly minted pros who found out the hard way why the guide always has a heavy pack.... Good fun though!

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Mon 03 Jan, 2022 1:23 am
by ribuck
You know you have taken UL bushwalking too far when you scrape the vowels off your map to reduce the ink weight.

Re: 50 signs you may have taken UL backpacking too far

PostPosted: Tue 04 Jan, 2022 1:44 pm
by Dexter
haha! :D