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“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.