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Old 12-30-10 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by zeppinger
Yes, tons of people to ultralight touring. Use Google or do a search here on BF to find all kinds of info about it. Even though they are ultralight they are still loaded tourists IMHO. You may want to ask yourself what "unloaded" touring would mean? To me it sounds like a sag wagon which is not what the ultralight crowd does.
Yup. If you are carrying the stuff you need to ride, eat and sleep (independent of what your personal comfort level is), you are 'loaded' touring. If someone else is carrying all your stuff in a car, you are

1. not loaded
2. not touring
3. lazy

If you someone else is carrying all your stuff and they are not in a car, you are very, very, very lucky...or special
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