Check out the latest issue of Adventure Cycling Magazine. Four guys did a combination bike/ski trip in Oregon. They hauled all their gear. The combination of the 4 riders, their bikes and gear was 1400 lb. They were not stupid.
Most people carry excess or inadequate gear out of ignorance or lack of experience not out of stupidity!
Squeezebox, when you started the tour where you mailed half of the things you brought with you home, was it ignorance or just stupidity?
A lot of posts in the UL thread and some here remind me of a quote from John Wooden, UCLA BB Coach:
" It is what you learn after you know it all that counts."
Last edited by Doug64; 11-26-15 at 01:42 PM.