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[QUOTE="robertt, post: 106100, member: 8385"] In all the time I've spent on this marvellous forum, I have never seen a thread or even a read a comment recommending a heavy pack. While I've carried too much in the past, and seen others carry a lot, nobody has ever exhorted anyone to do so. Even on the trail, all the advice and urging has been to the contrary. While I think Sil's linked blog entry is great, full of sound advice and opinion, I have to say I'm just not aware of pressure to have a big pack. In fact, I do still like a large pack, but not one that's heavy with contents. I find the weight of what is put in a pack is more crucial than the weight of the pack itself. A full size with plush harness is more comfortable to me, and gives me options if I want to carry food etc for a while. A pack that's too small can swing, bulge or distribute badly, though I appreciate that some compact arrangements are excellent. Also, some people love to go minimal and find the effort of shaving and reducing interesting. That's the kind of thing I've never found interesting, just as I find no interest in speed, efficiency of movement, timing albergue arrivals etc. It's fine to have an interest in all that, of course. To be honest, if I had to go like a medieval pilgrim I wouldn't go at all. Of course, Sil was not proposing a return to the past, just some thought to the past, and the variety of ways people used to travel. I'm pleased to see her recommending the odd baggage service - wonderful things, and jobs for the locals. I hope to try one out some day. As to affecting a few medievalisms to achieve some pilgrim cred...I'd feel rather silly getting on that big jet afterwards. [/QUOTE]
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