How We: Packed for a Year

Try as we might, we couldn’t pair down quite as much as the hardcore backpackers, who travel with a single change of clothes, sneakers, a toothbrush and a smile. But by sticking together, we were able to divide and conquer, splitting up our first aid kids, electronics, reading material and several “extras.” Click here to find out what we amazingly shoehorned inside our three backpacks (yeah, it’s a lot, but next go ‘round, we’re paring down!).

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