scrapser, have you posted your packing list anywhere? You sound like you're stuck between wanting to take the kitchen sink so you can camp whereever you want vs. taking so much you can't move. I have a sense you are heading down the road to "screw it, i'm already overloaded, may as well make it worse" -- be careful, your stuff will bog you down. it's not about stuff, it's about what you do along the way. for me, it's about the riding. for others, it's about the encounters with people. you may find wild-camping by yourself is less fun than camping with other people. your childhood camping experiences were with family, which is totally different than solo.

I would recommend paring it down to as little as you can possibly stand. Give the stuff you think you want but that you feel like you shouldn't take to a friend at home, and they can mail it to you if you want it. It's more likely you'll find yourself mailing stuff home that you don't need!

Make sure you actually *can* push your recumbant/trailer up hill if you plan on doing so. I would think that would be incredibly awkward.