Doug Dyment, of onebag.com:

“If it’s not on your list, it shouldn’t be in your bag,” Dyment tells NPR’s Michele Norris. “What happens with people is that they pack before their trip, and that packing activity consists mostly of talking to yourself and saying, ‘Well I might need this and I might need that and what if the queen invites me to dinner?’ And that’s death to light packing.”

I pack heavily, having taken my Scout training to heart. My bags might be heavier, but when I pull out my T04 sized Torx driver to fix your digital camera in the middle of the woods, guess who’s the hero?

# 2008 May 15