048 – Start backpacking and pack light with Greg Rodgers
February 3, 2008 in Packing For Travel
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This week we talk to Greg Rodgers of Start Backpacking and Vagabonding Begins, one of BootsnAll’s top travel blogs.
Greg and Craig talk about his discontent with life in a cubical and how he started dreaming and planning his current “vagabonding” lifestyle: breaking the spending habits and re-aligning your life towards travel. Using first hand experience they outline several tenets of packing light — let’s all brush over Greg arriving with a 25kg pack on his first trip!
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This article was written by Craig and Linda
Craig and Linda Martin have been living on the road since February 2006. Both born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand they are ... somewhere in the world! Craig and Linda host the Indie Travel Podcast - you can get in touch with them here.
Since November 2006 the Indie Travel Podcast has evolved into an independent travel hub with regular audio and video podcasts along with articles by travellers from all over the world. 
Hosts Craig and Linda Martin started travelling in February 2006 and have been to over 50 countries. They were 
Kyoto K said on April 11, 2008
Hi there. As always enjoying your podcasts. Happy walking. BTW do you have a gearlist? Also what hiking shoes do you wear?
KK
Craig and Linda said on April 13, 2008
Hey KyotoKat,
We’re looking forward to getting some new things up in the next few days. We’ll be back with a microphone on Wednesday!
We don’t have a gear list at present, but we’ll be talking about our walking gear in the coming weeks — everything including brands and models. We’ll publish a list for that and fill in the rest sometime later in the year, I guess.
Great to have you still with us!