Bag

Tom Bihn Synapse 26 ( shown, left )

Yes, it really is that small. If you pack well and choose the right gear, it all just kind of fits. I spent more than a little time figuring out what I needed, and parting with what I didn’t. The effort paid off. I think this is the final, traveling list.

The rest of my list follows, below.

Clothes

• Buffalo Jeans. Couldn’t leave ‘em behind. Could not.
• White t-shirt, 50% cotton ( evil, I know ) and 50% tenson
• Black t-shirt, 100% merino wool
• Wool & Prince button down, 100% merino
• base layer –  black long sleeve and long legged, 100% merino
• Lounge pants ( because yes ), 100% cotton
• Coffee-colored wool jeans – 100% merino
• Khaki shorts, 100% merino
• Khaki shorts, 95% nylon, 5% spandex ( double as swim trunks )
• Hoodie, 100% merino ( always worn, never in the bag )
• MH Zerogrand shell, some NASA material that packs down to the size of a Ritz cracker
• Buff, 100% merino
• Shemagh, not sure what it’s made of
• Smartwool phd mini socks X2 pair
• Smart wool tall thin socks 1pair
• Ra II Vivobarefoot shoes, coffee colored ( they look like normal shoes )
• Baseball hat – NASA

Computer & associated gear

• Macbook, BookBook case, cords
• iPad pro, BookBook case, cord
• unlocked iPhone, cord
• Satechi hub ( to plug stuff into the Mac )
• USBc to USB-a extender ( tiny )
• Encrypted jump drive – 250Gb
• Normal jump drive – 64Gb
• TripMate Elite battery/wifi source ( battery and hotspot for sharing )
• Jawbone Minijambox ( speaker for tunes )
• US plug small block splitter
• Bose sound cancelling headphones
• Apple earbuds and case
• Audio plug splitter, small cord
• Micro USB

Toiletries

• Tom Bihn clear toiletry bag
• 3oz Doc Bronners, peppermint ( laundry, whatevs )
• 3oz 30spf sunscreen
• travel size Old Spice stick
• AA battery powered trip toothbrush, with cover
• hair goop
• tiny nail clippers
• tiny tweezers
• Dollar shave razor n extra blades

Miscellaneous gear

• 20L dry bag – for doing laundry
• Tom Bihn gear bag ( small )
• Master combo lock
• “large” travel towel
• Two pens
• Mini flashlight
• Akribos analog watch
• Carabiner / jump drive
• small whistle
• fresnel lens
• Sunglasses and case
• Bandana
• Water bottle, just one saved

ID n documents

• Eagle Creek belt-loop passport holder
• Passport
• Passport card ( in case I lose the passport, this cad make it way easier to get another )
• Swiss Gear clip wallet ( small, worn inside the waistline with the clip outside )
• Bank cards
• Insurance cards
• birth certificate
• SS card
• Immunization card
• Eyewear prescription card
• Pac Safe money belt ( empty )

Detailed later/elsewhere…

• medical kit ( small, bike-sized )
• software ( VPN, cloud storage, movies )
• insurance