Changing Climates = Changing What We Carry

Warning – Some people will find this post incredibly boring! However, we get lots of questions about how we went from cold to hot climates.

Wow, we have now been traveling for over six months. To our delight, our packing list has only changed slightly. Most of those changes are due to changing climates and not poor planning. We changed a few things on our packing list right before we left (mostly Lindsey), but after that we didn’t change a single thing on our packing lists until we hit New Zealand. There, we needed to prepare for warmer climates, which meant ditching some of our winter gear and replacing it with summer gear. The most notable change was shoes. We both switched out our heavy duty goretex hiking shoes for lightweight summer shoes.

Changes made pre-trip:
- Water bottles
- Lindsey – added a wool base layer, added a down vest, did not bring a skirt, did not bring running tights, did not bring gators, added a wide brim hat
Bought in New Zealand:
- Pat – summer hiking/water shoes, more versatile jacket
- Lindsey – summer hiking/water shoes, second long sleeve button up shirt
Left Behind in New Zealand:
- Pat – hiking shoes, fleece jacket, rain pants, free shirt from Alpaca Expeditions
- Lindsey – hiking shoes, long shorts (never wore), down vest
Bought in Taiwan:
- Pat – swimsuit, goggle strap to replace broken one, 2 cotton shirts
- Lindsey – 1 cotton shirt
Sent Home with Megan from Thailand:
- GoPro attachments
- Pat – 2 free t-shirts, one synthetic t-shirt
- Lindsey – long sleeve wool base layer, 3 free shirts earned on trip (Machu Picchu trek, Death Road, bungy jumping), rain pants
Bought in Thailand:
- Swiss Army knife
- collapsable bowl

Below is our current packing list.

Pat’s Packing List

Bags:
- main pack – Gregory Z 40 (large size is actually 42 liters)
- day bag – Gregory Miwok 18
Tops:
- 5 short sleeve shirts
- 3 long sleeve shirts (2 button up, 1 warm)
- Ice Breaker jacket
- wind jacket
Bottoms:
- 3 shorts (1 casual, 1 run, 1 sleep)
- 2 pants
Feet:
- 3 shoes (shower, running, mesh hiking/water shoes)
- 6 Socks
Miscellaneous:
- wide brim hat
- buff
- warm hat
- gloves
- wallet
- swimsuit
- belt
- toiletries
- underwear
- running hat
- sunglasses
- eye mask and earplugs
- sleep liner

Lindsey’s Packing List

Bags:
- main pack – Gregory J 38 (large size is actually 40 liters)
- day bag – Lowepro Photo Sport Shoulder 18
Tops:
- 2 tank tops
- 5 short sleeve shirts
- 4 long sleeve shirts (2 button ups, 1 wrap, 1 warm zip)
- warm jacket
- rain/wind jacket
Bottoms:
- 2 shorts (1 casual, 1 run/sleep)
- 2 pants
Feet:
- 3 shoes (shower, running, Keens)
- 6 Socks
Miscellaneous:
- wide brim hat
- sarong
- scarf
- buff
- warm hat
- gloves
- wallet
- 2 swimsuits
- belt
- toiletries
- underwear and bras
- sun hat
- sunglasses
- eye mask and earplugs
- sleep liner