>>2752042Flying to visit family or for work or whatever:
>check your bags>airline fucks up and loses your shit>have to take a trip to Walmart for toiletries and other essentials >maybe a cheap outfit so you don’t have to do as much laundry>aww shucks, what a pain!Flying for an outdoor adventure:
>airline loses all of your equipment>now what?Any non-retard (that is, everyone except you) can see these two scenarios aren’t the same and can understand quite well why someone would rather carry on their stuff. The main issue is a lot of backpacking gear has to be checked; it’s against the rules to bring some items onto the plane.
Theoretically you could spend several hundred dollars and totally reequip yourself with brand new stuff, including boots that aren’t broken in. Most of it will be subpar crap you don’t want or doesn’t fit your exact criteria, and it will be very expensive (especially considering it’s being bought out of necessity).
