Alright future racers, here is my packing list that I compiled pre-race.
It has literally every single thing that I packed into my bags. Some details I’m sure are not important to the readers, like specifically what color of clothing I brought, but hey maybe you will want to know!
My squad mates, G-squad July 2012 Route 2, were blessed by seeing my detailed list of everything that I would be packing, so enjoy!
Disclaimer: Yes, everything does fit in my pack. Yes, my big pack does weigh 50 pounds. Yes, my day pack also weighs like 25 pounds. #nbd
Stay tuned in the next couple of days to my blog because I am going to be posting some tips for your racers leaving in September/January or ya know, whenever! 🙂
Clothing
Tops::
T-shirts- 3-4 T’s (My WR black, WR promo Orange, CCH Gray
shirt, Trine U Pink) 2 plain shirts (pink & blue)
Dressy shirts-2, one black, one light pink
Jackets- Rain jacket, Orange Old Navy zip up
Cami’s- 1 pink, 1 purple
Tanks- 5, Orange, Purple, Black, Red, & Purple GAP.
Bras- 3 sports bras (1 blue Nike, 1 pink Nike, 1 pink
Walmart),
2 regular bras (black strapless, leopard print)
Bottoms::
Jeans- 1 pair of my favorite skinny jeans (City Streets) & BELT!
Yoga Pants- Gray from Gap
Leggings- 1 pair normal length in black, 1 pair crop
length in gray
Skirts- one long one from Ohio Thrift, and one from
Goodwill
Shorts- 2 pairs Basketball shorts, 2 pairs Gaucho
Dresses- Dress Barn 2 of them
Underwear- 3 pairs of Exxoficio underwear, 12 pairs
cotton
Swimsuit
Shoes
Vibram Five Fingers
Flip Flops- 1 pair Old Navy
Toms- 2 pairs, I LIVE in my Toms (Socks for Toms- 4
pairs)
Teva Sandals
Electronics
Netbook- HP Mini Series 210
Kindle 3 Keyboard- With TONS of downloaded books already
iPod Touch 2nd Generation- with about 7 sets
of headphones, no joke
Phone- for phone numbers for calling internationally with
skype
Camera- Fujifilm point & shoot that also has video.
CHARGERS for all five.
External Hardrive- WD 1 TB
CASES for all six.
Flash drives & SD Cards- 2-3 flash drives & 2-3
SD Cards
Converter- Purchased mine at Walmart, they are different
individual ones for each continent.
Speakers- I have two different ones, one is circular and
the other is oblong, both are really lightweight and use 2-3 AAA batteries.
Gear
Pack- Kelty Lakota 65, front & top loading, bottom
sleeping bag compartment
Daypack- REI Venturi 30, back support
Duffel Bag- Like an airporter, mine is around 200 liters,
real big and not sure how well I will like it… (UPDATE 8/10/12: I LOVE IT!!!
Especially because it is a bright blue and I can ALWAYS find it amongst all of
the black Osprey ones everyone else bought.)
Bags- World Race drawstring bag & Kenyan purse
Tent- Alps Mountaineering 2 person tent
Sleeping Bag- Kelty Cosmic Down 20 Degrees
Sleeping Pad- Thermarest Prolite Women’s
Pillow- Squishy pillow I bought at Target for $5, best
decision I ever made, plus I have not slept with a regular pillow since I was
in middle school, squishy pillow all the way! & Pillow case
Eagle Creek Packing Cubes- I bought the combo pack with
three of them.
Eagle Creek Compression sacs- The three pack combo.
Stuff sacks- I have one for my sleeping pad, one for my sleeping
bag, one for my pillow, and several smaller ones for random items.
Laundry bag- I have a large Kelty stuff sack that I will
use for my laundry bag.
Shower Business
Shampoo travel size one. Pick up more along the way.
Body Wash- Juicy Apple medium sized one from Dollar Tree
Loofah- six small ones
Razor- Venus Vibrance razor with 4 extra heads
Deodorant-4 of them, plus one travel size
Contact solution- 4 of the 2 oz bottles
Contact cases- 6 of them.
Contacts- 2 year supply of night & day 30 day
contacts just in case.
Eye drops- Rewetting drops for contacts.
Sunscreen- Travel size one
Toothbrush- 2 brushes with one case each
Toothpaste- 1 tube
Wisps- 16 pack, disperse throughout pack
Dry shampoo- 2 Travel size sprays, one baby powder, one
dry shampoo from Sally Beauty Supply
Hair Straightener- 1 travel size from Sally Beauty Supply
Brush- just 1 normal sized brush
Hair ties, headbands, and bobbi pens
Diva Cup & Wash
Hand sanitizer
Hairspray & Gel travel size
Towel- 1 REI XXL MultiTowel, 1 M Packtowel
Wet Wipes
Randoms
Watch- Timex Water Reistant 50M
Headlamp- Mine is legit, idk what kind it is but it has
the red function and regular LED, EXTRA HEADLAMP
Sunglasses- 2 pairs
Eating Supplies- 1 collapsible cup, 1 collapsible bowl, 1
three utensil combo, 1 spork/knife, 1 Nalgene (2 splash guards), 1 French Press
Ziploc bags- a ton of quart sized and a ton of gallon
bags.
Rope- for a clothesline
Wallets- Waist pouch, Africa made neck pouch, Vera wallet,
Vera purse
Card Games- Dutch Blitz, Phase 10, Skipbo, Monopoly Deal,
Regular deck, UNO
Earplugs- Bringing like 10…
Eye mask- Memory foam eye cover, score! And one from
target
Scarves- 1
Batteries- 20 or so extra AAA batteries.
Pens- 24 pack of Stabilo pens.
Journals- 2 journals.
First Aid Kit
Mosquito Net
Ground Plug adapters
Belkin Power Strip
STAR headphone splitter
Work Gloves
Hanging Scale (Accidentally left that at home…oops)
Thinline Bible
Passport
Visa Photos
TSA approved locks-1
Alarm Clock
Medicine- Doxy, Pepto, Tylenol, Acidophilus, Mucinex,
Cold & Flu, Immodium
ENO Hammock & Slapstraps
Extra Carabineers & Bunge cords
Mini Umbrella
Nail Polish- 2 base coats, 3 designs
Mini sewing Kit
WR business cards
