My point wasn't on touring dude. Tour on whatever the fuck you want and with mudguards or not.
My point was that he, and his bike, are not a prime example of how your average person tours. Little biased.
He's of a very small percentage of people that have been on the road for multiple years.
That’s kinda the thing, would we says a Trek FX1 not a touring bike cause it only got a rear rack and marathon plus?
It’s all subjective, I’d removed mudguard for off road touring.