The most common question that I have received thus far is: "How do you pack for an 80 day trip around the world?" Well, great question. We have researched this and read many blogs on the topic. A few things about our trip make it interesting:
1) We will have beach time on the equator while also hiking on glaciers. Thus, we have to pack for the wide range of temperatures.
2) We decided that we did not want to have to check our bags when flying, so we were only going to bring enough items that would fit into carry on packs.
3) We will spend part of the trip hiking in Patagonia, so we needed to be able to hike with our packs.
We ultimately decided to buy hiking packs that we could strap on our shoulders. We went with the biggest hiking pack you can check on an airplane: Osprey Atmos 50 for our main pack. We also went with a +The North Face Angstrom 28 for our personal carry on to place under the airplane seat and to take during the day when we are exploring. These two packs will hopefully maximize our potential space. Both packs allow for a Camelpak hydration bladder, are very light weight and have minimal outside access to avoid being pick pocketed.
You may be able to see that both packs are quite full. I am going to attempt to itemize what is in each pack.
My best attempt to get all of the items in my big pack.
8L dry bag: +The North Face 800 down winter jacket and rain pants. Wool hat and synthetic mask.
4L dry bag: One synthetic Columbia base layer top, two base layer bottoms and +The North Face gloves
4L dry bag: 10 pairs of Exificio travel underware
3L dry bag: 6 pairs of underarmor synthetic socks, 2 pairs of crew +smartwool socks, 3 pairs of Fits microwool sock liners
8L dry bag: 4 synthetic workout shirts and shorts.
20: Dry bag: 2 pairs of +The North Face hiking pants that zip into shorts, 1 pair of +Nike dryfit golf pants, 1 pair of +Nike dryfit golf shorts, 1 pair of Columbia hiking shorts, 1 pair of swim trunks, 1 exificio long sleeve button down, 1 +smartwool long sleeve shirt, 2 +Icebreaker Merino wool t-shirts, 1 +Nike golf polo, 1 button down short sleeve shirt
3L dry bag: 2 workout bands, 1 head lamp, 1 pair of goggles
All of my clothes into dry bags before filling up my big pack.
1) We will have beach time on the equator while also hiking on glaciers. Thus, we have to pack for the wide range of temperatures.
2) We decided that we did not want to have to check our bags when flying, so we were only going to bring enough items that would fit into carry on packs.
3) We will spend part of the trip hiking in Patagonia, so we needed to be able to hike with our packs.
We ultimately decided to buy hiking packs that we could strap on our shoulders. We went with the biggest hiking pack you can check on an airplane: Osprey Atmos 50 for our main pack. We also went with a +The North Face Angstrom 28 for our personal carry on to place under the airplane seat and to take during the day when we are exploring. These two packs will hopefully maximize our potential space. Both packs allow for a Camelpak hydration bladder, are very light weight and have minimal outside access to avoid being pick pocketed.
Small pack: all paper work and passports, inflatable pillow, +LifeProof iphone case, Camelback water bottle, +Go Pro camera with headstrap, microfiber towel, toiletries, medicines, first aid, +Canon Cameras, ipad/iphone charge, sunglasses with croakies, deck of cards, ear plugs, iphone, and ipad.
Kristen got both of the same packs, but in different colors. We often comment when couples wear the same outfits, etc... yet we did the samething. Hard to buy two different products after much research and shopping went into finding what we believe will work.
You will most definitely see us wearing the same clothes and most likely they will be wrinkled.
It will be interesting to see at the end of 80 days, what we needed more of and what we could have left behind.
Wheels up in 4 days!
