Tramping

Here's a thought: plastic-free tramping.

Imagine. No polypro, no quick-drying nylon shorts, no lightweight rip-stop tents, no plastic pouches of freeze-dry, no plastic bags keeping everything dry and separate. No Goretex. No snowfoam.

Yikes.

On my tramp along the Abel Tasman this summer, I realised that if I'd left all the plastic behind I would have been wearing a sunhat, a t-shirt and an Icebreaker top and carrying my unpackaged food in my bare hands.

But people used to tramp before plastic, so there must be a way.