PACKINGLIGHT - The Paradise Pack

PACKING LIGHT

The Normal Person's Guide to Carry-On-Only Travel FRED PERROTTA

Tortuga Backpacks LLC

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CONTENTS

Introduction

1

1. Carry On Basics for Beginners

6

2. The Definitive Carry On Packing List

20

3. Packing for Extreme Weather

43

4. Packing Specific Items

57

5. Minimalist Packing

72

6. Packing Light for Men

92

7. Packing Light for Women

102

8. Packing Light for Long-Term Travel

112

9. Packing Hacks

130

Afterword

150

Acknowledgements

152

About the Author

153

INTRODUCTION

I started out traveling just like you probably did, weighed down by a comical amount of luggage. Maybe you're still there.

Don't worry, you're in the right place. We can help.

My first real backpacking trip (and first time outside of North America) was in 2009, with my childhood friend Jeremy Michael Cohen. Before then, I had never traveled farther outside of the US than Niagara Falls, half of which is in the US. Despite hours of pre-trip research, I had no idea what I was doing.

I bought the wrong bag, brought the wrong stuff, and made every possible rookie mistake. The beauty of travel is that my mistakes were vastly outweighed by all the good stuff about the trip. Those two weeks in Europe were phenomenal; they changed my life. My luggage was, literally, a drag. I was lugging far too much stuff around Europe. But I was lugging it to Prague, to Budapest, and to Hvar, a beautiful island off the Croatian coast.

Still, my luggage was a needless hassle throughout the trip, and I was at fault. Like many travelers, I set out

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