Loading up stuff on your bike that you will need for a few days and then actually going somewhere. Use the best tool, or at least what you have to get the job done for where you are going. Call it what you want touring or bike packing, it is the same thing. I do think some people do go out of their way to apply a specific tag or name to it. The bike and the gear are the tools, not the event.
I'm sure many people have watched Iohan Gueorguiev on youtube but if haven't already he does a lot with full rack and gear and a more scaled back without racks when going light. They both can work, it depends.
Last edited by u235; 01-27-20 at 06:24 PM.