Sporting equipment and backpacking
Howdy all,
I plan on catching the tail end of the Canadian climbing season (August, September) this year. While climbing, I intend to stay at hostels. So, for this trip I need to take my regular travel pack full of clothes (around 13kg) and my climbing rucksack full of climbing gear (around 20 - 25kg).
I have several concerns and queries about this arrangement that I was hoping you guys could help me with:
- how on earth am I going to manage carrying two full size packs around with me?
- I've never used lockers in hostels before, but as my climbing gear is worth a bit of money I will be wanting to have it locked up somewhere safe when I'm not using it. Do all hostels have lockers?
- I've heard that some airlines have much higher luggage allowances for sporting gear, does anyone know if this is true?
- Does sporting gear encounter many problems at customs?
Any tips and advice are greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
Nick
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