Packing

With less than a week to go until I start living out of a bag on a permanent basis, I decided it was time to see exactly what my worldly possessions would be reduced to.   Those who have been following my blog will recall that I was having a bit of a dilemma as to what bag to get, well I decided on the Caribee Grand Air 80 Travel Pack and for now I am glad I did.

Main bag.

 The bag has an 80l capacity with an additional 30l day pack that zips to the front (image below).  The picture above shows what I have managed to squeeze into the main bag. I have no doubt that I shall drop items along the way, but for now this is what I have:

• 4 pairs shoes (Boots, formal, trainers and sandals) 
• 4  pairs trousers (2 jeans, 2 cargo)
• 1 warm jacket - my snowboarding jacket so can double as rain mac.
• 1 spring jacket
• 5 Long sleeve tops (2 hoodies, 2 jumpers and 1 light weight)
• 7 t-shirts (5 causal, 2 sports wear)
• 3 shirts
• 2 under armor tops.
• 5 pairs shorts (2 heavy, 3 boardshorts) 
• 9 pairs underwear
• 18 socks - I don't pair them, that way if I loose them or one gets holes it is not a problem. 
• 1 blazer - sometimes you need to put in some effort
• 1 waist coat - every man should have one. 
• 1 travel towel
• 1 first aid kit
• 1 toiletries bag
• diary

Day pack

 In the detachable day pack I have:

• 1 pair climbing shoes
• 1 chalk bag
• 1 sleeping bag

Camera bag

My camera bag will hold everything else which includes:

• 1 Canon 50D body
• 3 lenses (10-20mm, 24-60mm, 150-500mm)
• A bunch of filters
• 1 external flash and remote triggers
• 1 Tripod
• 1 Gorilla pod
• Canon camcorder 
• Reflectors
• 2 external drives
• 1 Asus Zenbook 
• Travel adapters
• Travel documents including passports. 
• 1 hip flask. 

Reading these lists it does seem like I have a lot of stuff.  Then when I consider that I have no idea where I shall be in 2 months time and that this is everything I own from here on out it doesn't seem too excessive, especially when I look at what I am leaving behind 

The left overs.

What shocks me is that when I moved to Sweden I made at least 4 trips to the charity shop dumping unwanted goods, yet I still have so much that I don't really need. I guess this is what living in a consumerist society does to you. 

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