priyanka Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Hello Sir/mam, My name is Priyanka. I wanted to ask you if the person who is a beginner who never know much about the difficulty while trekking with trekking bag in mountains who's weight will be around 20kg approximately. Such beginners can complete the treks or they give up in the middle of the trek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikrant Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 No one carries 20Kg trekking bags in mountains. Even trek leaders bag weigh around 15-16 Kgs. It's recommended to carry 8-10 Kg at the most if you want to enjoy the trek. You may offload your bags to mules or porters for a start and later after one trek, try carrying your bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivek Singh Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Agree with Vikrant here. Even though extra luggage can be offloaded to mules, I wouldn't recommend packing more than 10kgs in any scenario. If packed wisely, your bag including change of clothes, trekking gears, food items etc would ideally weigh around 8kgs for a 7 day trek. Do not overpack as you will not be able to enjoy the trek. Research the trek conditions well or reach out to the trek coordinators to understand what is essential for the trek and what can be left behind at home. That'll help you pack better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhaval Jajal Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Points below will help you out carrying your backpack 1. Carry only the necessary gears. Follow the gear checklist strictly. Ideal weight of your backpack should be 7-9kgs. 2. Use all the straps of your backpack very efficiently. Waist straps, lift loaders etc will help you carrying your backpack 3. At home, try carrying you backpack with 6-7kgs of weight. You can do stairs climbing with backpack. Get use to carrying the backpack at home. 4. For begginers first day is always the tough one. Don't give up. It will get easier from the 2nd day. 5. Choose easy treks like Dayara Bugyal, Deorital Chandrashila as your first trek. Watch this video, it will help you out carrying you backpack 👇 https://youtu.be/M3VLclTQmcs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartik Mehta Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Packing list is there on IH website for each and every trek. If you follow that, weight should be less than 10kg onmost treks if not all. But sometimes even after following that checklist, I ended up carrying more than 10 kg. Later realised that I was carrying cotton t-shirts, thick sweatshirts instead of quick dry ones which weigh way less. Same with track pants, carry quick dry ones and only limited pairs and not one for every day. Also, for the winter layers and jackets, prefer light weight ones. Basically invest or rent which not only serve the purpose, but are also lightweight. Makes a huge difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bharath Ramesh Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Hi Priyanka, Here is a video that might help you prepare for carrying your backpack easily. Hope it helps 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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