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Posted by : Anonymous
November 11, 2013
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The term backpacking is
being popular with us, Indians since some years. The term backpacking
means independent traveling with minimum cost, staying with basic
comforts and priorities are set in this trip totally what you need to
do in this trip.
In backpacking one is
interested in whole journey itself rather than just hitting the
destinations from tourist point of view. The journey may be the
simple camping trip in a forest area for two-three days or it may be
the long tour consisting of hotel bookings and roaming in public
transport. I am saying here public transport because it needs low
cost and safe too.
Backpacking includes a
heavy bag which can be carried on the back which includes many
utility things that we need in the trip. In backpacking trips it is
advisable to carry your own things as well as the safety majors but
also we shouldn't overdo it by carrying extra loads.
This backpacking trip
can teach you a lot of things. We can get connected with nature more
here and we can relax and free our mind from stress that has become
inevitable part of our lives.
It can teach you to be
confident when you travel like this and can make you realize the
worth of spending and giving the time to own self.
There are backpacker
groups also which can guide us with directions and hotel or lodge
bookings and their experience can definitely is more useful to us.
These days backpacking
trips have become easier than before because of the increased
resources and the help groups which have formed to help each other
through sharing their experiences and guiding us. GPS, Smartphone,
steatite phones (in case of emergency) have eased up the situations.
If we are going for a
long duration backpacking trip we should book our lodge or hotel
bookings in advance which will be less time consuming and if we are
booking a quiet earlier we can grab some additional discount. And it
is all time fail proof thing to book our shelter in advance so that
in crisis situations we have our planned place to stay back, it will
save the stress factor here.
These trips are mostly
concerned with where there is adventure involved as in trekking trip
or a rafting and camping combination weekend surf. Adventure is the
spirit of these backpacking trips.
Easy, low cost,
adventurous, exciting these trips may sound but we need a proper
planning of such a trips. If it is well planned and executed
accordingly without falling for distractions coming along the way
backpack trips can be the most memorable trips of your life.
Here is the list of
some important things that we get to include in our bags while on
backpacking trips.
- Survival kit
It is the best product
any backpacker can buy which has everything that we need in an
emergency situation to survive. It includes compass, sugar pouches,
tea bags, soup packets, whistles, fire starter etc.
Now these following
things are optional if you are going for camping or trekking where
you prefer to stay on your own
- Sleeping bags
- Yoga mat
- 2 tents
- Small gas cylinder
Essential list is as
follows
- Multi-utility Swiss knife
- Bottle
- Matchbox
- Lighter
- Torch
- Blankets
- Plastic cups
- Local maps
- Jackets
- Mountain boots (if we are going on a hilly area)
These
small stuff look like are not important among the list but if we
forget to carry them we get to know the worth of it
- Hand sanitizers
- Pepper spray
- Mouthwash
- First aid kit
- Soap strips
- Mosquito repellant
- Snow glares/ sunglasses
- Umbrella
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One
should always do their research about the places we are planning to
go to for backpacking trips and take help of the experienced ones if
they have been to the same place before.
So
pack your bags, plan your trip cleverly and neatly, take safety
majors into consideration and Get Set Go for backpack trip these
holidays.
Make
the difference, try something new.
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