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Gear – motorcycle
- 2007 BMW R1200GS Adventure
- Sidi Discovery boots
- Aerostich Roadmaster 2-piece suit
- BMW Tankbag
- Garmin Zūmo GPS
- Cycra handguards
- Michelin Anakee 2 tires
Gear – misc
- SPOT Satellite Messenger (+ spare Lithium AA bateries to run it)
- SealLine waterproof duffel (80l)
- North Face Backpack
- Small 100W inverter
- Clothes-pins for drying clothes (If only I could geek out and find titanium ones)
- A few lengths of cord of various types (for a clothes line and other uses)
- ROK straps to hold everything down
- Helen 2 Wheels mesh bag to dry stuff
- First aid kit
- Toilet paper (Good for way more than it’s stated purpose)
- Duct tape
- National Parks Passport
- Small notepad
- A trash bag (many uses, including waterproofing)
- A few big ZipLoc bags
Gear – electrical & computer
- ASUS EEE PC computer
- 12v adapter for EEE PC (for charging while riding)
- Mains adapter for EEE PC
- iPhone 3GS
- Dock cable for iPhone
- Repair manual for bike (electronic)
- Small inverter to get 120V
- Bluetooth mouse (?)
Clothes
- Jeans
- Jean shorts
- Underwear x 3 (Mainly Exoficio)
- Underarmour shirts, various light x 3
- Underarmour coldgear shirt
- Underarmour coldgear leggings
- Patagonia light cotton leggings
- Floppy hat that packs small
- Socks, regular x 2
- Socks, motorcycle x 3
- 1 pair of light mesh shoes to wear around camp
- Bug netting for my head (I hear the black flies are killer)
Camping
- Helen 2 Wheels roll-top bag to pack sleeping bag and Thermarest
- Mountain Hardwear UltraLamina 32 sleeping bag
- Thermarest ProLite 4 sleeping pad
- Thermarest camp pillow
- Helen 2 Wheels cord-close bag for the tent
- Big Agnes Emerald Mountain SL3 tent (with footprint)
- Kelty Noah’s Tarp 12 (without poles)
- Sven Saw
- Ontario Knife Company SP8 Machete
- MSR PackTowl
- 10l MSR Dromedary water bag
- Random toiletries
- A book or two to read
- LED Flashlight
- LED Headlamp
- Compass
- Camp suds soap
- Light My Fire FireSteel
- Petroleum jelly soaked cotton balls as a fire-starter
- Bug spray
- Sun block
- Eagle Creek packing cubes of various sizes
- Body wipes in lieu of showers at times
Cooking
- MSR Cookwear
- Optimus Nova+ stove
- Light My Fire Titanium spork
- Salt, pepper and spices
- GSI plates and cups
- Aeropress coffee press (<— ROCKS!!)
- Thin cutting board
- Small amount of vegetable oil
Food
- A few meals worth of freeze-dried food
- Water flavorings like Crystal Light
- Food picked up during the trip
- Diner food as I move around
- Cans of food / bread/ ramen picked up from gas stations and convenience stores
- Ground coffee to start off the mornings with
- Flask of Johnny Walker Black to finish off nights with
Tools & Parts
- Leatherman Charge Titanium multitool (on belt)
- A good set of tools to work on the bike
- A set of tire irons and a bead breaker
- A Slime air compressor
- Tire repair kit (the snot-string variety) (under seat)
- 1 liter extra gasoline (doubles as fuel for the stove)
- Spare spark plugs
- Spare alternator belt
- Spare ring antenna (yes, mine’s fixed, but paranoia runs deep)
- 1/2 quart oil
Still TBD
- What camera(s) and/or lenses to bring
Notes
It seems like a lot, but it’s not more than we took to Alaska last year. On that trip we had gear for two instead of just one. We used most of the gear. The gear we didn’t wind up using is the stuff you don’t want to use anyway – tire plugging, first aid and the like. We even used some of the tools to make a screwed up wheel a bit better. It looks like a lot, but there’s a lot of nesting going on.
Last time all of the tools and cooking stuff went into the (smaller) left pannier. The clothes for both of us mostly went in the right. Any overflow went into a duffel on the back. There’s actually a chance I won’t even need the duffel, but it’s on the list for now. Overall things fit nicely last time and this time should be a lot easier.
We learned that we missed some stuff, like clothes line and clothes pins. We found out how nice it is to have when we had a camp site that had a line that someone left. No pins, but better than nothing. Another thing we found lacking was our ability to make firewood; the Leatherman does not cut it when talking about logs. We managed to make a fire one night, but it was a royal pain. Up in the Yukon the camp had logs ready for splitting, but we couldn’t do it with the tools we had.
If anything’s forgotten, well, that’s what credit cards are for.