[shelled]

Did you really do one-bag?

There are things I can't think of my days/weeks without. So for

> In 2015 I got rid of everything I owned that didn’t fit in a laptop backpack

There go my badminton rackets, cricket bat, and cycle. I couldn't care less about everything else :)

(To be fair, the rackets may possibly fit into my Osprey 45L. Never tried.)

On a more serious note: How much does health-care certainty factor into such travels? I am someone who doesn't have a family. So if a sudden death comes, I couldn't care less (I mean as of now - in advance), but I am perennially scared of falling sick and possibly needing care and hospitalisations, and when travelling (or without a base i.e one-bag kind of setup) and then there's at least the allergies, it becomes such a nightmare if you live in a country that doesn't have universal health care and is decidedly third world irrespective of the GDP.

I am asking because when people blog about such plans and minimalism, the gory details of behind-the-curtain things are often left out, maybe not deliberately.

[delichon]

Yes, this was a long distance hike, it isn't practical to carry multiple bags. The backpack also included tarp, sleeping bag, food, fuel, water, stove. Roughly 5 days between resupply stops. The supply stops are often quite remote, far away from healthcare, so you would rely on the kindness of strangers for transport.