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Eagle Creek Subcontinental Journey travelpack

I have an Eagle Creek Subcontinental Journey travelpack. I bought this just before I left at the suggestion of my friend David. He had taken his to Africa. I had made my own backpack after reading Ray Jardine's Pacific Crest Trail Hiker's Handbook. (Jardine followed this book with the specialized book Beyond Backpacking: Ray Jardines Guide to Lightweight Hiking.) My backpack would have been lighter, but not quite big enough for my travels. It is the size of a small rucksack. The Eagle Creek is easy to pack with zippers on a front-loading compartment. Also the zippers are lockable, which I use all the time. Andy of HoboTraveller.com is trying to create the perfect travelpack.

I have tried to follow Ray Jardine's philosophy "If I don't have it, then I don't need it!" However, I have fallen short! My travelpack is smaller than most travellers', but I have taken recently to strapping my stuffsack with my sleeping quilt to the outside and carrying a small daypack full of stuff. I don't have too many clothes, but I have a hard time parting with books and maps and I am carrying around a small computer. My pack may be smaller than others, but when I lift several packs onto a bus, I find mine is heavier than others!

I believe the Subcontinental Journey is an old model; it may have been replaced by the Eagle Creek Meridian 55L travelpack, but I'm not sure.

Wow! The subcontinental is so tiny, I can't belief that you have enough space, even if you add a daypack!
You must be a packing expert (or an ascet...)

cheers, dan

I actually find I'm carrying too many books, cds, and the like rather than too many clothes. If I could just get rid of that stuff I'd have an easy carry.

Some of the other people's bags I have carried have been very large but very light. This leads me to think they are full of clothes.

I did go through a crisis before I left leaving certain things out ("Do I need this? Don't I need this?). Really the issue is weight as much as it is size. I'd like to cut out some of the weight. I've figured out how to "make it fit".

But to each his own!

Mark

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