How to Backpack Like a Pro by Spontaneous Backpackers
Here is every piece of packing advice after 3 years of traveling the world. Simplified into a short 3-min How-To guide.
Reading time: 2.5 Minutes
By the end of reading this How-To guide you’ll find out:
✓ Why Backpacking is one of the best ways to travel
✓ The Dangers of Backpacking the BAD way
✓ Best Backpacks for world-wide traveling
✓ How to Backpack Like a Pro
✓ Travel Essentials Checklist: What’s in the backpack?
✓ How NOT to pack a backpack and lessons why
✓ Best way to pack your backpack
✓ Requirements of a backpack
✓ Best ways to balance your backpack like a pro
✓ Summary
Past three years we have:
✅Explored +200,000 KM of our planet
✅+1,000 days of slow travel
✅Been to 6+ continents with only Carry-On Backpacks
With only Carry-On Backpacks
Why we Recommend Traveling Light
Research shows that skills like:
• Effective Communication
• Money management
• Decision-making
• Problem solving
• Adaptability
Improve when backpacking.
By the end of this post you'll see why.
Backpacking has been around since 3400 and 3100 BCE
Backpacking will continue to thrive because it
Simplifies getting from A to B while you're in transit
Allows for more spontaneous travel
You're less likely to overpack
You might ask - Are there any downsides to backpacking?
Yes and no.
Overpacking and carrying too much is not only frustrating.
But over time it can cause:
- Lower and upper back pain
- Strained shoulders and neck
- Functional scoliosis (curvature of the spine)
How to pack the right amount?
You start by packing the right type of Backpack!
Want examples?
If you buy a 70-90L Backpack
You will find a way to fill that Behemoth!
But
If you're traveling with a 30-50L Backpack
You're less likely to overpack.
Unless you pack like:
Here are 2 backpacks we have with us on cross-continental travels.
We have tested these bags 15+ months and they work:
- Wolf Warrior X Military Hiking Expandable 39L-60L Backpack
- Snugpak endurance 40L Expendable 40-60L Backpack
You might ask:
"How will everything I want with me fit into my Carry-On Backpack?"
It likely won't!
And that's a good thing.
As a traveler you'll learn to pack less by
a) Experiencing agonizing pain or,
b) Following this legit guide
c) Some will never learn
How to pack for short term travel?
Essentials to pack for short term travel:
• ID (driver’s license for domestic, + passport for international)
• Medical/Travel insurance docs
• Airline / e-ticket flight docs
• Accommodation docs
• Prescription docs
• Phone + Laptop
• Bank Cards
Essential clothes for short term travel.
Remember: Buying clothes as you go might set you back a few $$
But - Healing a broken back is going to set you back in:
- Time
- Health
- Money
- Lifestyle
Only pack what you can't live without.
Below is the Clothing Essentials for Minimalists
“Is that all you pack??”
No we also bring
Toiletries essentials:
1 toothbrush
1 toothpaste ≤100ML
1 deodorant
Now that you:
✅Have a great Backpack
✅Know What to Bring
Only thing missing is:
🟩 How to pack?
Pro-Tip:
Don't do what this guy's doing:
Best way to pack your backpack:
Here is a short straight to the point how-to video on how to best pack your backpack when traveling.
How to Pack Your Backpack Like a Pro ← to Watch the Video
This technique can save space and simplify packing more things into your backpack.
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When you’ve got your mini packets ready.
This is how you pack them for best comfort to carry:
Bonus:
Here are 3 secrets we learned
As we reached the other end of the world with our 2 carry- on backpacks:
✅You'll learn how to adapt your gear as you go and let go of things that no longer serve you
✅Short-Term Backpacking and Long-Term Backpacking is the same
✅Less is simple ≠ easy
Summary:
See you again next week.
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