I’ve had so many people ask how and what I am packing in my backpack for the year, so here’s a list. Keep in mind this is Pre-Race/Month 1, so I am sure I will drop and add things along the way. 🙂
My big pack in an Osprey 65L backpack, in it are the following items:
Inside:
-2 person tent
-Sleeping bag
-Rain Jacket
-Goodie Bag to open Month 6
-5 pairs of new underwear, 3 pair new socks, new towel/washrag, a couple facemasks for a nice treat, and a note from my mom.
-Ziplock bags of random things (shampoo, conditioner, extra q-tips, fingernail clippers, tweezers)
-Small bag of meds (3 rounds of amoxicillin, 90 supply of doxycycline, immodium, Benadryl) +sunscreen
-11 month supply of Propranolol for my heart condition and 10 month supply of birth control (for 1/2 length of periods/1/2 the cramping)
-5 boxes of tampons (I hear they are pretty hard to find, so I’m hoping to stretch them over 11 months…no more would fit) + 20ish pads
-3 packing cubes of clothes
-1 long skirt
– 1 pair of what I call “adventure pants” or like comfy hiking/active pants
– 2 pairs of shorts
– 1 pair of jeans (however, I already wish I would have brought 1 more pair of jeans)
– 3 Comfort color t-shirts
– 2 thins shirt I can wear with my skirt, pants, or jeans (for a step up from a t-shirt)
– 1 real bra, 3 sports bra, 1 for bedtime
– 5 tank tops (I wear a tank top under all of my shirts.)
– 10 pairs of underwear
– 1 pair of compression shorts for under my skirt
– 3 pairs of socks
-Contacts for a year
-4-5 stick deodrants
-Compressible bowl + 1 spork
-50-100 ft. of paracord
-Lifestraw (just in case)
-Pocket knife
-Black ballet flats
-Notebook
-Baby wipes
-Jewelry bag
Attached to the outside of my pack:
-Solar power blow-up lantern
-Tennis shoes
-Mug
-Sleeping Pad
-Laundry bag (10 clothes pin, dirty clothes bag, 1 laundry soap bar, ziplock with dryer sheets)
-Airporter
In my daypack, I have:
-Waterproof Sea-to-Summit bag with my MacBook inside, a Kindle, 1 power strip
-Electronic cords/chargers bag:
-3 iPhone chargers (also charges my AirPods)
-3-4 blocks
– 2 micro USB cords for Kindle + battery packs
-2 battery packs (1 larger one + 1 pocket size)
-Converter for all countries
– Headphone splitter + 1 pair of headphones
-Headphone converter from aux cord type end to lightning cable end (sorry, I have no clue what these are lol)
-2 packs of letters from my friends, family, & Cody 🙂 (around probably 70ish or more letters) *probably my favorite things I have packed*
-1 calendar (to write what I was doing on each date) + 1 journal to write notes to Cody + 1 journal for everyday things/quiet time
-Bible
-Pens, Sharpie, Highlights in bag + extra Ziplock bags
-Gum + Strawberry Mentos
-Ibuprofen + Tylenol + cough drops
-Toilietry bag:
-facewash, moisturizer, q-tips, bug spray, tooth brush + paste, deodorant, perfume, contact case + glasses, makeup (concelor, mascara, bronzer, blush, powder)
Tweezers + fingernail clippers
-A change of clothes (in case my big pack gets lost)
Outside of daypack:
-Rainfly
-Bowtie (Reminder to pray for Cody)
-Bracelets for reminders to pray for my squad, nations we are ministering in, & myself/friends/family
-Plainview Bears button for basketball season #TMB
Purse/Misc Items:
-Black sweater
-Chacos
-Passport/Yellow Fever card
-Airpods
-Cash
-Charles Schwab card + Bank card + 2 emergency credit cards + Driver’s license
-Compression socks
-Pillow (thanks, Cody)
-Thin blanket (Thanks, Tracy :))
I will update halfway through & at the end of my race for comparison!
Thanks for reading!
-AC 🙂
