BACKGROUND
Life is so blooming demoralising… Just when you think you’re the new Einstein… BOOM !
A while back, I got the bee in my bonnet to go hiking again after a 30+ something- year- hiatus…
But realising that mentally I’m still 18, but physically… Well that’s an entirely different kettle of piranhas now I’m 3 X + that…
And lugging a backpack well… That’s… gonna really suck… These creaky old bones gonna seize up big time…
So I “cooked up” the idea of carting a backpack rather than “toting” IE carrying the backpack…
I zoomed in on a golf-push-cart as a cart and after a few different carts / false starts & trials I came up with my current configuration, which meets all my “design” parameters including I can fold the cart down and put the whole conflaburation on my back & walk the difficult bits…
BRILLIANT !
There’s me, for the longest time believing I’ve done an exceptional job of inventing something entirely new…
HA… Think again…
Just found out, there is an entire community of “wheelie-backpackers”, with umpteen different designs that can be purchased… Including , a DIY jobbie using exactly the same cart as the one I settled on…
Bwawawaaaawhaa
There goes my entire world… I’m nowhere near the “first” … Fact is I’m waaay at the back of the queue…
Oh well… S’pose I just got to put me shoes on and carry on…
Anyhow, Is there anybody else that uses a cart or wheelie - pack to hike ? It would be very interesting if there was a group that actually does this here in SA…
MY CART
MY cart set for carting - I’ve since changed from the Backpacker Boulder to the Elephant
My cart set up to carry with the cart in situ
The cart itself, looks heavy & bulky, but is actually very light & for the benifit, for me, well worth the weight. It folds down to approximately the same width & height as the backpack, so it just sticks out towards the back…
My backpack without the cart
Some of the other types of carts & wheelie packs that are available pictures from Google
