Thursday, May 26, 2016

Myanmar Backpacking Experience And Importance

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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.

Different reasons push people into engaging in this activity. Activities of a good backpackers causes minimum impact and pollution to the environment. Most of them carry garbage out, avoid causing disturbance to vegetation, and stay on existing trails. The Myanmar backpacking culture is one of the most advanced in the world as backpackers try to adhere to the movement ethos in the industry.

The movement ethos directs the journey and activities that backpackers engage in. For instance, the only thing they kill is time, they keep nothing besides memories, they leave nothing besides footprints, and they take nothing besides photos. Preparedness of difficulties is part of the exercise. Backpackers must expect to come across dangerous animals, heights, treacherous water crossings, difficult terrains, and adverse weather among others. One must be equipped with survival gear and skills to survive the experience.

Some sites have grounds where backpackers can spend the night and some time during their adventure. Most campsites have things like maps of the area, fire rings, outhouses, and wooden bulletin boards. Campsites are level patches of ground that mostly lack underbrush. Such campsites lack in very remote areas and backpackers have to find their own places to sleep and rest.

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.

Although not very necessary, some backpackers bring along some form of shelter. Other necessities include a mechanism of carrying and purifying water, stove, and a cook kit. When going on short trips, ready-made food is often carried or no food is carried at all if there are food sources in the area.

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 is easy to carry and has a high level of durability and utility. These products are made using various materials including specialty plastics, lightweight alloys, carbon fiber, and impregnated fabrics. Different countries exercise backpacking different, but Western countries tend to share a lot in this respect.




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