We're planning to 'go backpacking' in a national park this summer.
After college, she 'backpacked' through/around Europe.
(..) Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you start adding larger stuff, clothes, tabletop appliances, lamps, linens, your TV. The backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. And you go bigger. Your couch, bed, your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car, get it in there. (..)2009 Up in the Air
(..) The cancer? The can, sir? No. I'm fine, thank you. How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel them? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. (..)2009 Up in the Air