Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Indefinite Backpack Travel

jeremymaluf.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

181–190 of 429 posts

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#181

Post by jimbokun »

TimorousBestie wrote: post #18
hombre_fatal wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, when we stop moving, it's so easy to start hoarding. I lived in Mexico for 10 years with just two duffelbags of clothes and essentials. I could carry both on a plane unchecked and be anywhere with nothing left behind, and I loved it. Now I look around me in my apartment I share with my girlfriend and have things I wouldn't have even conceived of, like a gaming PC with two monitors (for what??) and a closet full…

> like a gaming PC with two monitors (for what??) There’s nothing like the pleasure of idling in a pointless MMO on one screen while half-watching youtube autoplay on the other. Alternate Monster with White Claw and you’ve got peak hedonism.

To each his own. This sounds terrible to me.

Now bouncing between multiple Champions League games in the middle of an afternoon with easy access to good espresso…

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#182

Post by twobitshifter »

fvrghl wrote: post #172
dkarl wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The replacement for synthetic underwear is wool, not cotton. For weeklong wilderness backpacking trips, I used to vacillate between a fresh pair of synthetic boxer briefs every every day, which took a lot of space, and one for every other day, which was gross. Now I wear a single pair of wool boxer briefs all week, and it feels and smells better at the end of the week than synthetic underwear does after two days. Sam…

Is there anyone making full wool underwear? Everything is a blend, which is good for durability.

https://www.woolly.clothing/

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#183

Post by yard2010 »

65 wrote: post #120
delichon wrote: post #10

I lived out of a backpack for two months on a Pacific Crest Trail hike. I got comfortable with it and told myself that I had overcome my materialism, and could henceforth live happily without a lot of stuff and conveniences. Not so much. Now a couple of decades later, I've got a house and garage crammed with stuff. Yesterday I had a plumber here working on a leak, and this morning I have no running water, and here I…

Maybe one good thing about the torture of living in NYC is you get used to the torture of living in NYC. My very small, very expensive apartment has had no running water throughout the work day for the past two weeks because of water main construction (which I get woken up to at 7am every day). There's a jerk chicken restaurant next door to my apartment that blasts music all day long outside. Roaches and mice and rat…

This resonates deeply with my personal experience, why does everyone like this? Is this becoming magical at some stage?

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#184

Post by exe34 »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #11
delichon wrote: post #10

I lived out of a backpack for two months on a Pacific Crest Trail hike. I got comfortable with it and told myself that I had overcome my materialism, and could henceforth live happily without a lot of stuff and conveniences. Not so much. Now a couple of decades later, I've got a house and garage crammed with stuff. Yesterday I had a plumber here working on a leak, and this morning I have no running water, and here I…

Yeah, when we stop moving, it's so easy to start hoarding. I lived in Mexico for 10 years with just two duffelbags of clothes and essentials. I could carry both on a plane unchecked and be anywhere with nothing left behind, and I loved it. Now I look around me in my apartment I share with my girlfriend and have things I wouldn't have even conceived of, like a gaming PC with two monitors (for what??) and a closet full…

I have a load of crap I've accumulated over the years, but I try to regularly look at and consider everything, with the aim of simply imagining life without it. I'm reasonably confident that I could get rid of most of it without missing it much if I had to - but for now I'm still holding on to them in case they become useful again. It currently costs me less to keep them than to replace them in the future.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#185

Post by b_e_n_t_o_n »

gruez wrote: post #159
hylaride wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People freak out about this, but all it boils down to is bringing enough socks, underwear, and shirts for ~5-6 days, 2 pairs of bottoms, and (depending on weather) or a combination of 2 and/either sweaters and an outer shell. Wear the biggest stuff (pants/sweaters) on the plane. After that be willing to do laundry, which will often put you in a position that's outside the tourist mainstream and force you to slow down…

> Freak weather events can be used as an excuse to shop for clothing, too (the best rain jacket that I ever bought was in this situation in the Netherlands - it was expensive, but I'm still using it a decade later - a fantastic souvenir that people always complement me on when wearing it). This doesn't make any sense. Going going to a random shop to buy a rain jacket is inevitably going to be worse than doing careful…

I don't think they have the same definition of "best" that you do.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#186

Post by skeeter2020 »

Arainach wrote: post #78
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I met a family who had just moved to Wisconson from Italy last week. The four of them (Mom, Dad, ~14yo son, and ~12yo daughter) packed everything they were going to bring with them into a backpack and two checked bags each. Incredible! What would you pick? I have a garage and a shed (OK, fine, it's a 24x36 barn) and a basement and a home office that barely contain the enormous quantity of my stuff at home. And yet I…

>Where does the money come from that allows one to sleep in hotels, ride in rental cars, travel in airports, and eat in restaurants for years on end? If you keep your standards modest, the math isn't as bad as it intuitively seems. A $100 hotel per night is the equivalent of a $3000 mortgage/rent. And if you're living out of one bag you don't necessarily need that and probably have cheaper options like hostels (or te…

>> worked such jobs long enough to have a few million in assets gathering interest

so essentially no one in the entire world?

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#187

Post by b_e_n_t_o_n »

hylaride wrote: post #36
pavel_lishin wrote: post #2

> Onebag travel is unquestionably the best way to travel. Traveling without luggage removes just about every pain point associated with flying, such as checking bags, overhead compartments, bag fees, waiting in line, and needing to drop off luggage before an adventure. Just stroll into the airport an hour before your flight, and walk off your plane directly to your destination. This is absolutely true, especially whe…

People freak out about this, but all it boils down to is bringing enough socks, underwear, and shirts for ~5-6 days, 2 pairs of bottoms, and (depending on weather) or a combination of 2 and/either sweaters and an outer shell. Wear the biggest stuff (pants/sweaters) on the plane. After that be willing to do laundry, which will often put you in a position that's outside the tourist mainstream and force you to slow down…

I think it depends on how you're travelling. If you're staying in hostels and moving locations frequently (v common for solo travel), walking/busing instead of uber/taxi, using just one bag is peak. But if you're staying longer or you have your own room, getting rides places etc, then it might be worth having more clothes and dealing with lugging your suitcase around occasionally.

Doesn't even need to be a suitcase, a big duffel bag can hold just as much clothing and be more convenient for carrying around, although you still need to check it at the airport.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#188

Post by holoduke »

jimbokun wrote: post #180
lisbbb wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Retirement sucks, tbh. The lack of well-defined purpose is awful.

Retirement just means Fuck You money. Can work for money or not, but if you are and your employer creates unacceptable or undesirable conditions you can immediately say Fuck You and just go do something else without worrying about covering the necessities of life.

Nah. That's not how it works. I could retire, but choose to keep working. The idea that you can simply step out is based on the idea that you don't need work.cbut in my case I need it for its social aspects and to stay motivated to do things. I still have the same issues as other people where in the mornings I just want to stay in bed. But I still go to work. Because I know it's ultimately a better choice.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#189

Post by b_e_n_t_o_n »

neom wrote: post #103

If you like this kinda thing, highly recommend checking out Dominic Tarr's youtube. He used to be a prolific nodejs guy back in the day, now he...sails. His videos are great and he's a lovely guy: https://www.youtube.com/@dominictarrsailing/videos

He's building js apps with https://sailsjs.com ?

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#190

Post by b_e_n_t_o_n »

octo888 wrote: post #38

Shoes are always what get me. Wearing the same pair 2 days in a row isn't great for bacteria etc. Plus wanting sandals/flip-flops for the beach. Proper boots for any kind of hiking. Then I feel awkward particularly in Europe in the evening going to restaurants in trainers, so a pair of smart shoes is useful. Not saying I always take that entire combo, but almost always more than 1 pair.

I can manage Europe with a pair of white Air Force's and flip flops. But I do agree. An extra pair of shoes is really nice to have.
Post reply on HN