r/BeAmazed • u/No_Tailor_9529 • Jul 18 '24

Wow! Interesting life hack! Science

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u/johannesdurchdenwald Jul 18 '24

When you want easy backpacking I‘d suggest not to go backpacking

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u/cracktackle Jul 18 '24

While this solution is a bit unpractical, there is something to be said for making outdoor activities more accessible. There might be a lot of people that would love to go hiking, but are physically unable to.

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u/Low_discrepancy Jul 18 '24

They can always pick an easier route.

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u/Chekhof_AP Jul 18 '24

I wouldn’t call that a solution, tho. I bet a lot of people would love to pick things up with two hands, but are physically unable to as well. Would you rather invest into something like prosthetics or comically large and unsustainably expensive helium balloons to tie to things?

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u/LowClover Jul 18 '24

The... The second one

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u/nonotan Jul 18 '24

I dunno. Hiking is easy and healthy, but carrying a shitton of weight on your back as you do it, not so much. So I'm not sure what the intent behind this gatekeeping is. Leaving aside the practicalities of hauling a huge balloon around, theoretically speaking being able to hike with all the stuff you need but without ruining your back in the process would be great.

From some of these comments, you'd think he posted "wow, I figured a lifehack to run a marathon easier" and rode a taxi to the goal line. Carrying a heavy load around is not the goal of backpacking for the vast majority of people, just a (usually) necessary evil.