Assuming that you were camping or spending a lot of time in hostels, etc., what gear would you bring? Also assuming it must all fit into a backpack and must be able to be flown?
There’s a big difference between staying in hostels and camping. If you only stay in hostels, you can bring a lot less gear.
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Rumpl blanket, Big Agnes pad, small pillow. Mostly merino clothes.
Duckworth wool comet hoodie, Darn Tough socks, Allbirds wool run shorts, Allbirds wool jogger, Ridge Merino wool button-down, Duluth Trading buck naked underwear and Woolrino boxers. Anker 10k power bank, Smartwool retro camp button-down, Armes of the Andes wool neck gaiter. Alaskan hard gear wool beanie. Anker power brick, two USBC to USBC cables, Olight oclip, GIR silicone spoon, Swedish cloth, Dr. Bronner’s soap, charcoal toothpaste tablets, Oveja Negra hip bag, folding toothbrush. Nalgene ultra-lite water 32 oz, Nalgene 16 oz water.
Hammock Gear Burrow 20-degree quilt with a cinch foot box so you could use it as a bag or blanket depending on the temps, in a compression sack. Nemo Tensor Extreme sleeping pad, (I sleep pretty cold). I’d use your choice of inflatable pillow with a pillow strap. Garmin Inreach, because shit can happen.
Multi-unit plug cube to charge your electronics wherever you go.
Darn Tough socks.
Passport, phone, bank card.
Jonas said:
Passport, phone, bank card.
I don’t think a passport would make a very good shelter.
If I were camping and everything had to fit into one backpack, I’d bring a light 8x8’ tarp and some paracord, an inflatable pad, and a quilt. I wouldn’t worry about buying the best, most expensive ultralight gear, because I’d expect to have to replace all of those items at some point if I were traveling around the world. But the reality is that it’d be really hard to pull this plan off, and I’d expect to have a bad time, so I’d pack a credit card for the hotels I’d inevitably be staying in after the first few nights.
If you are actually camping, a multi-fuel stove. I assume that MSR is still the one to go with. Make sure to leave the bottle slightly open to allow it to depressurize on the plane. Don’t carry fuel on the plane.
Medicine.
I spent ten years hitchhiking around the world and sleeping basically out of a bag. My tent is a 300-gram tarp tent with no floor. I use a tarp as the floor and waterproofing of my internal bag. I can set it up anywhere on the planet without needing anything other than my backpack; learn how to do it. Socks never cared about. I was barefoot a lot. A pair of handmade wool socks is a need for colder weather. Clothing: three pairs of pants, one being black jeans, the other whatever is comfy. Five black shorts and seven pairs of underwear. One hoodie, one army jacket for the cold months. Sleeping bag was a random one I found in a hostel. Misc items: chef’s knife, carving knife, cords, water purifier, first aid kit, and dental floss (also for fishing).
I can tell you what I have traveled with. Tarptent Rainbow 1 tent with carbon pole. Down sleeping bag (3 season) with long zip. 2 ccf sleeping mats 7mm. Water filter. Frisbee (plate, food prep surface, and fun). Lightweight waterproof jacket and trousers. Lightweight down jacket. Lightweight synthetic fleece joggers. Lightweight fleece top. Large Sarong towel. Spare Tencel boxers. Spare wool mix socks. Spare T-shirt. Spare short sleeve shirt. Swim shorts. (All these clothes fit inside an empty Cabeau Evolution neck cushion cover so when you fly they’re not in your bag.) Mask and snorkel. Tilley hat. Fleece beanie. Flip-flops (Reef) with heel straps or sandals (Teva). Head torch (Petzl Zipka). Wear fast-drying trousers, a shirt, a lightweight windproof track jacket, and Nike Flyknit shoes.
If I were doing this I would make the camping aspect of it insanely basic. Like a crazy nice light sleeping bag, a pad, and either a bivy sack or a tarp. Solid fuel stove. Cup. So the amount of roughing-it gear doesn’t get annoying when you’re lugging it from hostel to hostel most of the time.