Originally Posted by
IsraelisJewish
My observations are the "tempted to pack too much" is true of most of us. Who hasn't, on your first tour, stopped 50 miles down the road and mailed stuff back? Sometimes I STILL do this!
Never done it (except for B&W film that I was shooting along the way), but on my first tour (x-country with a ground of 13), a few people did on the third day, before we hit the mountains. One woman had brought a Sony Watchman TV and a blow dryer. WTH?