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Myanmar Backpacking Basics And Practice

By Pamela Roberts


Backpacking is one of the outdoor recreational activities. It involves carrying gear on the back in a backpack. People carry different forms of gear including clothing, cooking kit, shelter, bedding, food, and water. The activity lasts a varied amount of time, but must involve spending out at least one night. Resupply points and occasional drops of necessities may be included in the activity if the journey takes several weeks or months.

People are compelled by different reasons to participate in a backpack activity. While out there, the activities of good backpackers should impact the environment to the least level possible. Activities that help to minimize pollution include carrying garbage out, following existing trails, and causing no disturbance to the vegetation. In Myanmar backpacking is a culture that is well respected and valued by the locals. They adhere to the movement ethos in their activities while out.

The activities and journey of hikers are directed by the contents of the movement ethos. The movement ethos requires hikers to only leave footprints, only take photos, keep nothing, and only kill time. As a backpackers, encountering difficulties along the journey should be anticipated. There are different forms of difficulties in including difficult terrains, dangerous animals, adverse weather, treacherous water crossings, and heights among many others. It takes a great deal of skills and a suitable survival gear to make through the experience successfully without harm.

There are backpacking camps where backpackers may stay or spend time while on their conquest. Some of the things one may expect to find at such sites include wooden bulletin boards, maps, outhouses, and fire rings. The campsites are made in the form of level patches of ground without any underbrush. If the area is too remote, the backpackers may have to make their own place to camp.

Any backpacking experience can only be made successful if one has the right pieces of equipment. The first equipment of the list of necessities is a backpack. It should be big enough and of the right caliber and fit. Since expected conditions may be rough, the clothing and footwear should also be chosen appropriately. A sleeping bag and the correct type and quantity of food is also needed. It is best to take some classes in survival skills and to bring a survival kit along.

Carrying shelter is not necessary, but some backpackers proceed to do so. Other items that may be considered of relative importance include cook kit, water purification mechanism and water container. People often carry food in ready-made form when the trip is in places where food facilities can be accessed. Otherwise, they carry food that can go for a long time without going bad.

How much the backpack weighs is usually treated as a critical matter. It is always advisable to ensure that the backpack weights less than 25 percent of the weight of the person going to carry it. That implies that every item placed inside the pack must be scrutinized well. There is also of lightweight gear on the market although it costs highly.

Lightweight gear can be carried easily but still retains a high degree of utility and durability. Materials used to make such gear are many including lightweight alloys, carbon fiber, impregnated fabrics, and specialty plastics. The exercise of backpacking differs among countries, but many similarities exist among Western countries.




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