I can't believe that in just 5 days I will be leaving on the world race. I can't exsplain what it feels like. It's almost like a blur of emotions at this point.
So alot of people have asked me what I'm bringing on the trip? If you are one of the people who have asked this you know my answer has been I really don't know. It was true, I didn't know my brian has been on overdrive and I couldn't even figure it out myself. Finally I figured it out, I know what I'm taking and it's all packed into a 65 liter backpack. Amazingly, it only weighs 48lbs!!!!
SO HERE'S THE LIST:
- Tent (Grand Mesa 2) two person tent with footprint.
- Exped sleeping pad.
- Thermarest pillow size medium.
- Sleeping bag.
- Sleeping bag liner.
- Mess kit with bowl and an amazing spork.
- Rain jacket.
- Watch
- 1 pair of tevas
- Carabiners
- Airporter for backpack
- 3 Compression sacs from REI size medium
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First aid kit
- 1 pair of flipflops
- 1 pair of tennis shoes
- Labtop, case, and cord
- camera
- 2 big packes of baby wipes
- 2 packes of clearsil face pads.
- 2 packs of makeup remover wipes.
- 1 bottle of Aussie shampoo
- 1 bottle of Aussie conditioner
- 1 bottle of Neutrogena body wash
- 1 bottle of sunscreen 70+
- 2 bottles facewash
- 2 toothbrushes
- 2 toothbrush covers
- Floss
- hairbrush
- A ton of hairbands
- 1 tube of sensodyne toothpaste
- 1 travel size vaseline
- 1 travel size baby powder
- 3 deoderants (you can get these other places i just got three cause I'm picky)
- A years worth of tampons
- 1 travel size pack of qtips
- Hand sanitizer
- 1 eye mask
- A few packs of ear plugs
- 1 headlamp
- 1 flashlight
- 5 pairs of socks
- 8 regular pairs of underwear
- 3 ExOfficio pairs of underwear
- 12 albuteral inhalers
- 2 prevental inhalers
- 2 antibiotics
- malaria meds for the whole trip
- 1 clothes line
- 1 pair of sunglasses
- 12 shirts
- 3 tanks
- 2 skirts that come to my ankles
- 5 skirts that come past my knee
- 1 pair of jeans
- 1 pair of comfy pants
- 3 pairs of knee pants
- 2 pairs of PJ pants
- 3 PJ shirts
- 1 pair athletic shorts
- 2 shorts
- 1 hoodie
- 1 pair leggings
- Batteries for lights and camera
- laundry bag
- Pens
- Notebook for journaling
- Swimsuit
- Makeup
- Coloring book 🙂
- crayons
- Passport holder
- 2 things of fingernail polish
- garlic salt
- 1 rubber ducky
Anyways thats the list … Close to the end of the race I plan to write another blog on what to bring and I can't wait to see if any of this is on that list lol…I can't wait to see what God is going to do and how he is going to change me and my team mates in the next year. SOOO EXCITED and I will be keeping you all updated as much as possible..
5 more days to go before I fly out <333
