24T00 What’s in my carry-on
“Travel day zero”: nothing to check
For the next 3 months, I have a medium-sized 21-Litre (21-L) Timbuk2 Classic Messenger bag in blue and black, and a 32-L Timbuk2 Command backpack in black. (Both products have unfortunately been phased out of production.) These will be my “personal item” and “carry-on”, respectively, for long-haul flights.
Messenger bag
Tilley Hiker’s Hat (with evaporative cooling insert)
Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) medium-sized mesh pouch in blue, containing a change of clothes
Columbia grey long-sleeved half-zip fleece
Backpack
Centre-left
Tenba BYOB7 Camera Insert bag in black, carry-case for my X70, extra batteries, and chips.
Kompass 4in1-Wanderkarte/map, for Wettersteingebirge and Zugspitze
Centre
• 3-L Peak Design Field Pouch in charcoal grey, containing:
pouch’s carrying strap
small pouch with wired earphones and small USB-C to 3.5mm audio jack.
small freezer bag with “Europlugs” (type-C) adaptor plugs for western Europe
Charger for MacBook Pro (c. 2016; not shown)
translucent film-roll cannister, for spare change
USB-A power cube wall charger (retractable), light blue
USB-A to USB-micro cable for camera, black
• 3-L Peak Design Field Pouch in midnight blue, containing:
pouch’s carrying strap
WCL-X70 wide-lens with small rubber lens-hood
small clear zip-pouch with cleaning cloths
Mophie 5000mAh PowerBank, dark blue
USB-C to USB-A cable, black
I’ve used the Field Pouch as a compact lightweight day-pack; can’t carry much except for camera, batteries, memory chips, PowerBank, cables.
Below the field pouches
USB-C to USB-C cable, white
2 pens
USB-C power cube wall charge (retractable), black
Sunglasses in hardshell case
Passport
Moleskine hardcover small lined-notebook
Portable hard disk with black USB-A to USB-microB cable
Centre-right
• Heys medium packing cube in black; containing 3 short-sleeved shirts, 3 changes of underwear, 3 pairs socks
• Small (<1-L) freezer bag containing:
pill jars (“arts & crafts”), ear plugs, sunscreen stick, lip balm, eyedrops, nail clipper, Mopiko ointment, toothpaste, collapsible toothbrush, small bottles with body wash/shampoo, roll-on “deo”.
Many items on display can be replaced in my destination nations. I described my summer 2024 itinerary here.
Still got clothes on me back
T-shirt, half-button pullover sweater, blue jeans, light rain-windbreaker jacket; Merino wool socks, walking shoes.
Peak Design
My nods go to their versatile Field Pouch, their Leash strap for my X70, and their Everyday case for iPhone 👍🏽
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3 Responses to “24T00 What’s in my carry-on”
That’s some seriously impressive packing! I’m sitting here pondering if I could ever do it and thinking no. Have fun out there!!!!!
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Hi, Valerie, and thanks. Simply put, I want to minimize the amount I’m dragging for 90 days. And yet, I’m looking at what I’ve brought, and I think I could’ve eliminated more. But more to the point, I’m familiar with Germany and Austria, enough to know where to buy things I would get in North America. THe duty-free was pretty good in Heligoland; I don’t smoke, but the alcohol prices looked decent. I also found some decent fleece at 18-Euros/$20 USD, but I had no more room to stuff into my bags. Thanks for your comment!
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[…] The first day of travel is dominated by the overnight flight from the Canadian Southwest to Western Europe. 9 to 10 hours on a plane doesn’t seem like much anymore, although I’m anticipating the usual fatigue and jet-lag upon arrival. Exactly as last year, I have for the next 3 months a 32-Litre backpack and 21-Litre medium-sized messenger bag; see here. […]
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