Practical Travel Gear blog. Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog. A good backpack can make or break a trip.
Drenching rain, language barriers, delayed flights — you can weather all with humor and go-get-’em attitude. But a good backpack is the foundation upon which your trip rests. It holds your entire life in one place. It protects it. 18 Things You Don’t Need on Your Packing List. Over the limit? Need to shed a few pounds or fork out cash for going over your weight allowance? This inverted packing list – it tells you what you don’t need – will help you figure out how you can lighten the load. 1. Too much underwear. Or any cotton underwear.