TOO MUCH STUFF: Gear for my trip

My gear laid out on my parent's billard table the night before my trip

Apologies to everyone for the amateur nature of my blogging, this is my first attempt. Getting Blogger.com to do some of the things that I thought would be pretty intuitive is proving to be beyond my abilities, but here goes.

This post is a little late coming and I am eager to post pictures and observations from my travels, but I promised a few people my first blog post would be about all the gear I bought and obsessed over the last 2 months before my trip, so here it is for any gear nerds or anyone curious enough to see just how far a obsessive-compulsive personality type will take things, no wait, must take things because we are tortured souls.

My heart's not really in this post and I already feel like a jackass, but here's a brief/rough accounting of what's on the table and what went into my bag.

BAGS:

• Osprey brand apple green 65 liter Atmos series backpack (not pictured)
• Large US army duffel (For enclosing backpack for security and travel. Thanks Paul!)
• Yellow 20 liter Watershed brand drybag (fully submersion capable bag for electronics and valuables while participating in aquatic activities)
• Northface heavy black nylon bike messenger bag (travel carry-on and walk about bag, camera bag)
  
• 2 coated nylon roll top dry bags
  
• 3 42 gallon contractor style trash bags.
• mesh laundry bag
• small and large ziplocks

FIRST AID AND MEDS: (Thanks Mrs. Shenoy!)

• 180 Doxycetylene
  
• 40 Cipro
• neosporene
  
• hydracortizone
• Benadryle
• Tylenol
• scrip of 600mg ibuprofen
  
• anti-fungal creme
• iodine
• gauze pads
• gauze wrap
• duct tape
• small scissors

Survial Kit

• signal mirror (doubles as shaving/grooming mirror)
• whistle
• fire steel
• panty hose and coffee filters for filtering dreck out of water (Steri-Pen doesn't work in murky water)
• iodine tablets
• space blanket
• super thin 99 cent disposable poncho
• super small med-kit with a few basics
• 40 or so feet of Kelty trip-tease line

Electronics and Communication


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• Toshiba NB205 netbook
• Nikon D90
• Nikon 18-135mm zoom and a f1.8 50mm prime lens
  
• iPhone
• iPod
• iHome super-portable rechargable lith-ion speakers
• USB thumb drive
• wires, connectors, adapters etc.
• Replacement batteries, AAA and CR123
  

Clothes

• Bleached out US army "boonie" hat (big floppy brim. Thanks Paul!)
• Well-worn trucker hat
• trusty 92' vintage Tevas
• Wild Air Pegasus Nikes (hiker style sneakers)
• North Face rain jacket
• black zipper hoodie
• 1 greycast Uniquo jeans
• 1 khaki chinos
  
• 1 long sleeve rash guard
• 1 pair board shorts
• 1 pair REI sahara zip leg trousers
• REI long sleeve sahara shirt
• 2 short sleeve button down cotton shirts
• 1 cotton t-shirt
• 3 pair socks
• 1 pair cotton boxers
• 2 pair synthetic nylon undies (ex officio boxer briefs)
• long sleeve 50/50 blend t-shirt

SECURITY:

• PackSafe brand 80L "exomesh" security net
• 2 brass locks
• 1 combination lock
• 1 TSA approved combination lock for flying
• various small clips and carabiners

BEDDING ETC:

• silk sleeping sack
• Thermarest "Prolite" inflatable sleeping pad
• REI nylon/goose down travel pillow
• REI "Bug-Hut Pro 2" bug shelter/tent
• Equinox 12x8' sil-nylon tarp.
• 6 MSR "needle" stakes
  

STUFF:

• eye glasses and case
• sun glasses and case
• Spyderco "Delica" folding knife
• Eddie Bauer brand knock-off swiss army style knife tool.
• 4 bandanas
• travel journal
• spork plastic eating utensil
• deck of playing cards
• cigarette lighter
• head lamp
• small pocket flashlight
• SteriPen Adventurer water purifier
• money belt
  
• Dopp kit with all the standard contents, (toothbrush, toothpate, razor, etc.)
• patch kit: Tear-Aid, Ripstop nylon adhesive, silicone seam sealant
• 550 mil spec paracord
• Nalgene bottle
• Military issue 2 liter 'camelback' dromedary bladder. (Thanks Paul!)
• 2 guide books
• 1 fiction book
  

Liquids etc.

• Tide detergent
• 2 small spray bottles 100% DEET
• 1 5oz bottle 45% DEET lotion
• Coppertone SPF 8
• Neutrogena waterproof broad spectrum SPF 70
• hand sanitizer
• hair goo
• Tide stain pen
• 303 Aerospace rubber protector (dry bag seal)

I think that's about it. whew. It all weighed in at about 42lbs at the airport, not counting all the stuff I had crammed in my messenger bag, so probably about 48 pounds total. I was aiming for 35. Oh well... Coming soon, all of the crap I sent back.