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My waterproof jacket was bought in a charity shop because I wanted one which covered me properly (I’m rather large for a peregrina) and had enough pockets). But having now walked with it a few times, it really is very heavy. In fact, I just weighed with my newly-acquired digital luggage scales -...
3 days to go, and for the first time I have put everything I think I’m going to take into my rucksack. Assuming a warm dry day when most of the clothes will be in the pack, it comes in at 8.5kg before I fill the bladder. This doesn’t include my passport, phone, money, guidebook etc, but those...
My reasons for checking my backpack are as follows:
1) can’t take trekking poles as carry-on
2) budget airlines do not allow any leeway on the size or weight of carry-on.
3) they also charge for hold baggage, and if I’m going to pay extra to check my poles, I may as well check my pack as well...
Maybe I’m worrying about nothing..... but I think of all the loops and strappy bits on the outside of my backpack, and envisage them getting caught in the baggage handling machinery.
Is this a problem, and if so, what is the solution?
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