Backpacking Preparedness Help.
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Pento240sx
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Backpacking Preparedness Help.
Hello Niconauts. I have this tough(dream) of backpacking all over Asia, (Japan, Korea, China, Etc..) and was wondering if anybody have any tips or stuff to help me on archiving this trip. Like places to go, where they help backpackers or organizations that help for the traveling man. So if anybody has info or experiences, please help me out, so I could prepare a guide and prepare my self for when the time comes. Thanks.
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Re: Backpacking Preparedness Help.
Although I have never backpacked overseas but I have put down some serious miles on the appalachian trail. When you say backpacking do you mean a wilderness experience or hopping from town to town and traveling to hostels? If you need a good idea of what gear is good I can Definately give you some ideas on brands and types of water filtration, internal frame backpacks, footwear and such. The idea sounds epic. I myself have always thought of backpacking Europe.
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Pento240sx
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Re: Backpacking Preparedness Help.
Well a little bit of wilderness, but more of town to town. That would be really helpful on the gear stuff.
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Re: Backpacking Preparedness Help.
I have 3 packs now and by far this is the best.http://www.backcountryedge.com/deuter-a ... 65-10.aspx
It's from a well known German company tough, comfortable and lightweight. I've used it for over 150 trail miles and love it. It's also affordable. My only complaint is it doesn't have many pockets. I use various stuff sacks and dry sacks to organize gear into the main compartment.
As far as sleeping pads go they are worth the extra weight for a good nights sleep. I have the Big Agnes AIr core. It's comes in long length as well which is perfect for me at 6 "3.
If you need a stove you may want to go with a liquid fuel as it may be more plentiful and easier to find than replacement canisters.
Down sleeping bags can be the most compact warm sleeping bag. The only downside is keeping them dry. If they get wet they are a b**ch to dry so get a dry compression sack from sea to summit. In my experience the temp ratings on bags are skewed add 10 deg to sleep comfortably. So if you have a 15deg bag expect 25 deg to be lowest comfortable non freezing sleep. I usually take my 15 degree bag in early spring and late fall/ winter. This march temps dropped with a wind chill of 20 degrees and lets just say my feet were getting cold in that bag.
Backpacker magazine has a lot of useful information on their site.
Hope this helps. Let me know of any sights you were planning on seeing.
It's from a well known German company tough, comfortable and lightweight. I've used it for over 150 trail miles and love it. It's also affordable. My only complaint is it doesn't have many pockets. I use various stuff sacks and dry sacks to organize gear into the main compartment.
As far as sleeping pads go they are worth the extra weight for a good nights sleep. I have the Big Agnes AIr core. It's comes in long length as well which is perfect for me at 6 "3.
If you need a stove you may want to go with a liquid fuel as it may be more plentiful and easier to find than replacement canisters.
Down sleeping bags can be the most compact warm sleeping bag. The only downside is keeping them dry. If they get wet they are a b**ch to dry so get a dry compression sack from sea to summit. In my experience the temp ratings on bags are skewed add 10 deg to sleep comfortably. So if you have a 15deg bag expect 25 deg to be lowest comfortable non freezing sleep. I usually take my 15 degree bag in early spring and late fall/ winter. This march temps dropped with a wind chill of 20 degrees and lets just say my feet were getting cold in that bag.
Backpacker magazine has a lot of useful information on their site.
Hope this helps. Let me know of any sights you were planning on seeing.
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Re: Backpacking Preparedness Help.
Yea this is very Helpful, I saw more info about those backpacks and sleeping bags an they look like good stuff. As for how Im going to do it is, I will start in Sapporo and go all the way to Fukuoka, from there I will travel to Tongyeong and go all the way to Incheon. Then from there, I shall see where to go to next. Well at leas this is what I want to do.
Here is a little Guide of the map:
Japan: http://goo.gl/maps/IwfAa
South Korea: http://goo.gl/maps/vyvbE
Here is a little Guide of the map:
Japan: http://goo.gl/maps/IwfAa
South Korea: http://goo.gl/maps/vyvbE