Packing List
About a month before beginning the trip, I started gathering the supplies that I thought I'd need. Most of the items were common sense while others I didn't think about till reading about other people's experiences doing similar trips.
Here you'll find a mostly comprehensive list of the things I packed.
- Sleeping bag
- Tent
- Sleeping mat
- First aid kit
- 10k mAh Battary pack
- 9k mAh Battary pack with SD card slot (for transferring data from SD card to phone)
- 15W Solar panel
- 4 USB cables
- Smartphone (Nexus 6: This is my laptop replacement)
- Bluetooth keyboard (MS Wedge)
- Action Cam (SJ4000 GoPro knock-off)
- 3 32gb SD cards
- 3 Action Cam Battaries
- Action cam mounting accessories
- Bike Lock
- Bike lock extension cable
- Head lamp
- Rear (Red) bike lights
- Large and small microfiber towels
- Assortment of essential bike tools
- Leatherman
- Gore-tex pants
- Gore-tex Jacket
- Gore-tex Overshoes
- Gore-tex socks
- Fleece jacket
- 3 pairs of running socks (one of those long)
- 1 pair wool socks
- Helmet
- Cycling glasses
- 2 Ortlieb panier bags
- Ortlieb handlebar bag
- Riding gloves
- GPS watch (polar M400)
- Heart rate monitor
- Assorted toiletries
- Swimming shorts
- Zip-off pants
- Kindle
- Windstopper skull cap
- Zip ties
- Rope (still need to get this)
- Padded biking shorts
- Padded biking shorts with suspenders
- Clip-in bike shoes
- Light-wieght jacket
- Tire repair kit
- 3 Tire levers
- 2 Extra tubes
- A few zippered bags of various sizes for packing small things
- Handle bar extenders (for mounting Action cam and GPS watch)
- Small bowl
- Spork *
It'll be interesting to see in the end, which things I really didn't use and which things I'll add to the gear along the way. I guess that would merit a follow up post