i spent the last 4weeks walking through korea-just coming back today after walking ca. 50km today, now i'm footsore-(after already spending a few month here) and it has been despite some hardships(most nights i camped out and some of them went below the temperature limit of my sleepingbag; finding an upgrade was rather tricky as i looked for a synthetic- filled one but everywhere only downfilled for sale...) an absolutely rewarding experience.amazing what people you can meet that way... .
i've also been busy getting my visa for china(i had to send application and passport to europe)sorted out and got only a few days ago the email that my visa has been granted, so beginning of january i'll be off into my next trip. despite a lot depending for me on getting that visa i see it with a crying eye, too: i'll miss korea and the people i met over here as i've no idea if i'll se them again... .
o.k., enough ramblings and to the subject: my trip in china is a planned trip on foot and i'll have more luggage than to fit it in my backpack. my solution is to get a small trailer.i've come over the years across storys of walkers who used them(karl bushby's "giant steps" and others) and in 2005 actually saw an australian man walking along the highway near darwin- his son had cancer and survived it, so he decided to go on a 8000km walk from adelaide along the westcoast to darwin, collecting money for charity- using a pram to transport his gear.trailers are widely used in korea by locals to transport their goods around and from what i gathered on infos so far china should be the same, so hopefully i'll find something suitable.
during my pushbike ride through new zealand i used a trailer behind my bike, but everytime i had to take a gravel road the vibrations caused the screws in the joint of the trailer to get loose, requiring regularly tightening up as the trailer had no suspension.
none of the hand-towed trailers i heard/read about mention a suspension, so i wonder if you would need one... .no idea what condition the roads will be... .
has anyone used a trailer and if yes- what were your experiences?
thank you very much and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
i've also been busy getting my visa for china(i had to send application and passport to europe)sorted out and got only a few days ago the email that my visa has been granted, so beginning of january i'll be off into my next trip. despite a lot depending for me on getting that visa i see it with a crying eye, too: i'll miss korea and the people i met over here as i've no idea if i'll se them again... .
o.k., enough ramblings and to the subject: my trip in china is a planned trip on foot and i'll have more luggage than to fit it in my backpack. my solution is to get a small trailer.i've come over the years across storys of walkers who used them(karl bushby's "giant steps" and others) and in 2005 actually saw an australian man walking along the highway near darwin- his son had cancer and survived it, so he decided to go on a 8000km walk from adelaide along the westcoast to darwin, collecting money for charity- using a pram to transport his gear.trailers are widely used in korea by locals to transport their goods around and from what i gathered on infos so far china should be the same, so hopefully i'll find something suitable.
during my pushbike ride through new zealand i used a trailer behind my bike, but everytime i had to take a gravel road the vibrations caused the screws in the joint of the trailer to get loose, requiring regularly tightening up as the trailer had no suspension.
none of the hand-towed trailers i heard/read about mention a suspension, so i wonder if you would need one... .no idea what condition the roads will be... .
has anyone used a trailer and if yes- what were your experiences?
thank you very much and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
