Women who know their only asset are their (very average) looks, hate pretty women.
The few that know they bring a crapton of stuff other than looks to the table, don't really give a crap about the competition, in my experience. Or maybe i'm just lucky.
the second advice being "pick the highest load you can, and carry it"
and he's a living example of why thats bad advice : do that and you'll end up burnt out and addicted to things that temporarily allow you to not notice that you're burnt out.
pods are one step above tents and cars, thats about it. when I'm traveling alone I would take that over sleeping in a car. I don't need a full hotel room just for myself.
in fact its just the plain old barracks concept with a trendy name and a bit more privacy. and absolutely unreasonable pricing.