I carried far too much my first time abroad too, and subsequently carried (probably) far too little. Thus my believe in human nature to favor comfort over tactical readiness. 




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On February 5, 2018 1:04 AM, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

As a complete aside, I carried a fair bit of additional weight over my limit when I travelled to Nigeria for an year by stuffing the pockets of a big parka with small but heavy items.  Fine till I hit the wall of heat stepping off the plane in Kano!  (Though I knew that would be the deal, knew it was only for a short time through customs and knew it would worthwhile to have the stuff!)