Writer takes travelling light to extreme
1st September 2010
If you pride yourself on travelling light, or perhaps you need some help to shed those never-worn clothes or unused electrical items from your case, travel writer Rolf Potts could offer some inspiration.
The globe-trotting author is travelling around the world in six weeks - with no luggage whatsoever.
The American writer has made a name for himself writing for publications such as the Guardian, National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, and now he his pushing the boundary's of travelling light by only taking with him what he can carry on his person.
Mr Potts is trying to find out how far he can get with just the stuff he carries in his pockets and he's using one of his gadgets to write a blog as he goes along, grabbing wi-fi networks whenever he gets the chance.
He's uploading video, photos and short written posts - anything he can create with the simple phone packed in one of his many, many pockets.
The journey is sponsored - and funded - by companies that make and sell lightweight travel clothes festooned with pockets. So although he's not carrying any bags, he's still taking plenty of stuff.
So what's going in those pockets?
Mr Potts has packed the bare minimum: spare underwear, a change of shirt, a passport and wallet, a phone, a torch, some safety pins and a tiny tube of toothpaste. He'll pick up travel money on the way in the local currency to help him ease through the trip, despite a major shortage of home comforts.
Of course, filming his adventures means taking a cameraman along, and a cameraman needs cameras. So the cameraman is carrying a bag. But Mr Pott's rules are strict, he is not allowed to carry any bags at all - but at least without bags to lose he may have got a reduction on his holiday insurance.
Copyright © Press Association 2010
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