Written by Kobus on November 23, 2011
We three each have the pleasure of living out of one 35 liter bin and a small backpack for the next fifteen months. All of our personal effects; clothes, electronics, toiletries, and shoes must fit in that space. This includes cold weather, rain, and hiking gear. It's a lot of stuff to cram in a small space. We've done backpacking trips in the past so this is familiar territory, but that doesn't seem to make it much easier.
Our limit was 5-6 days worth of clothes, we will be able to do laundry in that time, or deal with being dirty. If we're missing something, we can pick it up on the road. If we never use something, we'll give it away.
Jared's Stuff
- eBags Medium Packing Cubes - One for t-shirts, one for socks and underwear and a third to organize my daypack.
- Hats - One for the sun and one for the cold.
- Softshell Jacket
- Travel Pillow
- Toiletries
- MSR Packtowl
- Belts
- Rain jacket
- Rain pants - Marmot Precip
- Fleece gloves
- Thermal pants
- Sneakers
- Sandals
- T-shirts - Five total (one not pictured), quick drying poly blends
- Pants - Three total
- Shorts - Two total (one not pictured)
- Underwear - Six total
- Socks - 3x hiking liners, 2x hiking socks and 2x crew running socks
- Fleece hoodie
- Long sleeve t-shirt
- Button down shirt
- 2010 MacBook Pro 15" and power cords.
- Camera - Canon PowerShot S95 with case and battery charger.
- Kindle eBook reader
- Glasses and sunglasses - Prescription
- Headlamp
- Misc power cords - iPod, Kindle
- Headphones
- Nail clipper
- Wallet & keys
- Watch
Jessica's Stuff
- One super awesome, sticker decorated Really Useful Boxes Bin
- Extra Fluffy Therm-a-Rest Down Pillow
- Mountain Hardwear WindStopper Tech Soft Shell Jacket
- Thermal Long Underwear - 2 tops, 1 pants
- 3 Lightweight button-down short sleeve shirts
- 4 Lightweight Over shirts
- 4 cotton tank tops
- Swimsuit
- Pajamas (Shorts and T-shirt)
- 3 Pants (yes they are all the same color brown)
- Marmot Precip Rain gear - Jacket and Pants
- Teva Sandals
- Merrell Barefoot Mighty Glove shoes
- Underwear - 7 pairs each
- Socks - 2 warm, 5 lightweight
- Fleece hat
- Fleece gloves
- Mammut Headlamp with a lantern attachment for hanging in the tent
- Orange Sporknife - It was a anniversary present. I can't part with it.
- Swiss Army Knife
- MSR Packtowl, Medium
- Toiletries
- Bandana
- Journal
- Sager NP5160 from Xoticpc.com (Say we sent you for a special discount)
- Belkin laptop case
- Laptop power cord
- Wacom Intuos4 Wireless Stylus Pad
- Pen and USB charger for Wacom (Case not pictured)
- Wallet
- Honer Special 20 Harmonica
- Aleve
- Wiley X Sunglasses
- Mountain Hardwear Lander backpack
Kobus' Stuff
- Eddie Bauer Fleece - Little bulky but it's just so Fluffy!
- REI Hemp Short sleeve button down shirt
- Mountain Hardwear Long sleeve button down shirt
- 5 wicking hiking t-shirts (2 Jockey, 2 Eddie Bauer, 1 REI)
- Mesh vest to go under the button down shirts
- Zip-off pants - yes I have 2... don't be haters
- Lightweight hiking shorts
- Jockey mesh underwear - Jockey or nothing!
- Black Diamond Headlamp
- Belt (for when I drop a few pounds)
- LED flash light
- Hiking sock liners - 4 pair
- Regular light weight socks
- eBags Medium Packing Cubes x2
- REI Fleece / latex gloves - fluffy but with grip!
- Wigwam hat for cold nights
- Duo Fold Thermal top
- Duo Fold Thermal bottom
- Sleeping shorts also Jockey
- Wigwam crew hiking socks
- Ball cap - I have 3 (shhhh don't tell Jess)
- MSR Packtowl
- Marmot lightweight rain jacket
- Cabela's waterproof rain pants
- Cocoon silk sheet to sleep under on hot nights
- Osprey Talon 22 backpack
- USB drives - 2 x 4Gb
- Sager NP5160 from Xoticpc.com (Say we sent you for a special discount)
- Belkin laptop case
- Laptop power cord
- Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi Tablet for checking in on Students
- RooCase for Streak
- USB Power cord for the Streak so I can keep checking in on Students
- Spare set of Jai Kudo Titanium glasses - learned my lesson in Africa
- Wallet
- 250 Gb Hard Drive
- Olympus XZ-1 camera
- Tag wrist watch
Not shown in Kobus' Stuff
- Teva Tanza water Sandals
- Vasque Wasatch GTX Hiking Boots
- Light weight cargo pants - in Bin
- Microsoft Ergonomic wireless mouse - in Day pack
- Headphones - in Day Pack
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