24T00 What’s in my carry-on
“Travel day zero”: nothing to check
For 3 summer 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, which are my “personal item” and “carry-on”, respectively, for all flights.
21-L messenger bag
- Tilley Hiker’s Hat (with evaporative cooling insert)
- Mountain Equipment Company MEC medium-sized mesh pouch, empty/flat.
- Long-sleeved half-zip fleece
32-L backpack
Many of the items described below are easy to replace at destination. But first to go into the bottom of the backpack is a pair of cargo shorts.
Above, at centre-left:
Tenba BYOB7 Camera Insert bag in black, carry-case for X70, extra SD-cards and batteries.
Above, at centre:
3-L Peak Design Field Pouch in charcoal grey, containing:
- carrying strap for pouch
- small soft pouch with wired earphones and small USB C-to-3.5mm audio jack
- small freezer bag: type-C adapter plugs for Western Europe, USB-A & -C power-cube wall chargers (retractable prongs)
- charger and charging cable for laptop
- USB C-to-C cable, long
- translucent film-roll cannister for coins: swap 🇨🇦 for 🇪🇺
- a few pens
- phone stand from my nieces, made at Fanning Woodshop in Peggy’s Cove NS
3-L Peak Design Field Pouch in midnight blue, containing:
- carrying strap for pouch
- WCL-X70 wide-lens with small rubber lens-hood
- extra camera batteries
- power bank with short USB cables (A-to-C, C-to-C)
- USB micro-to-A cable for camera
- SD card reader to USB-C cable
Shown below the pouches, stored elsewhere in the backpack:
- sunnies 🕶️ in hardshell case
- passport
- Moleskine small hardcover lined-notebook
- compact HDD with USB microB-to-C cable
Above, at centre-right
- Heys medium-size packing cube in black; containing 3 t-shirts, 3 changes of underwear, 2 pairs short-socks, 1 pair long-socks
- Small (<1-L) freezer bag containing:
- “arts & crafts styled” pill-jars with OTC meds, ear plugs, sunscreen stick, lip balm, eyedrops, nail clipper, Mopiko ointment, toothpaste, collapsible toothbrush, small hotel-room bottles refilled with body wash (Nivea Cool Marine)
Still got clothes on me back
T-shirt, Henley quarter-buttoned pullover sweater, all-weather long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, Merino wool socks, walking shoes.
Peak Design
Nods go to their versatile Field Pouch, their Leash strap on the X70, and their Everyday nylon-canvas polycarbonate case for the mobile 👍🏽
I made the images above with an iPhone15 on 7 May 2024. I received no support from any external organization for this post. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-sts. Last edit: 14 April 2026.
Fotoeins Fotografie 
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!!!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
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!
LikeLike
[…] 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. […]
LikeLike