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My world has been going round in circles for almost four weeks now. Every free minute is filled with the same old round: out of the front door, into the forest. Over the Carossa Uphill to the Föhranger Climb. Then HoChiMinh, Space Mountain and Hundeverein Oldschool follow. I can now recite the Strava segments of my home circuit by heart like a first-grader recites the alphabet. The coronavirus crisis has not only forced me to quarantine in my own home and garden, but also to adopt completely new routines. I can now calculate the total height I have ridden to within five metres from the number of climbs I have completed - in advance. I need variety, urgently.
Testing the large multi-day rucksacks could be my way out of the daily grind. But a stage tour in the Alps is out of the question for the time being. Not only because of the current situation, but of course also because of the early season. So I decide to break the routine in a different way and rediscover my homeland instead. I wonder what awaits me if I don't turn left after Space Mountain as usual - following the logical course of my home circuit - but continue along the forest track heading east? I will find out.
Windbreaker, a change of shirt, tools and a few bars to stave off hunger pangs. What already pushes a small day rucksack to its capacity limit leaves the main compartment of a multi-day rucksack yawning empty. According to the manufacturer, the eight test models hold between 25 and 34 litres. Our own measurements show slightly less volume. We measured between 23 and 31 litres, which is due to the fact that we only measured lockable compartments.
So I carry on packing: a three-litre hydration bladder - I won't find any fountains on my tour - and the small espresso machine as well as the camping cooker, because I'm unlikely to find an open café. Provisions for a day, a power bank for my mobile phone, wallet, keys and headphones disappear into the numerous pockets of the storage space miracle. Some of the organisation systems in the test models are as ingenious as built-in wardrobes.
- Cube OX 25+
- Deuter Trans Alpine 30
- Ergon BX4 Evo
- Evoc Explorer Pro 30l
- Jack Wolfskin Moab Jam 34
- Osprey Escapist 32
- Shimano Hotaka H26
- Vaude Bike Alpin 25+5
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