My morning walk to work will be hard to give up, when that day eventually comes. Coffee in hand, sun on left-face, bluest of blue skies, slow 20 minutes up Riverside Drive and across at 116th. It’s not the New York I ever imagined, and is much better.
Yesterday was my start at figuring out what’s necessary to bring on this trip. I leave in two days for nearly a month living out of a backpack in three very distinct climates– sweltering Indian summer, humid and chilly Nagaland and Assam jungle, and cold altitudes in Nepal. Two thirds of the trip will be sweltering, only a few days will be really cold. Still thinking about it. Here’s the tentative packing arrangement– an image, then a list. The links in the list lead to pages I’ve written about the item.
- Footware: Limmers.
- Socks: 4 pair light hikers.
- Pants: 3 long: 1 ultra-light, 2 Dockers D2s.
- Shirts: 3 long-sleeve ultra-lights.
- T-shirts: 3 tanks, quickdry.
- Underpants: 5 boxer-briefs.
- Jacket: Perfect Hoody.
- Warm Jacket: Super-light down sweater (yellow above).
- Shell: Perfect Shell.
- Boonie hat.
- Scarf.
- Sleeping bag liner.
- Travel towel.
- Luggage: Gregory Baltoro 65 backpack, and a small ultralight by Black Diamond.
- Notebook and two pens.
- Electronics: Kindle and the Nikon d7000.
- Drugs: Neosporin, aspirin, immodium.
Itinerary: New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Kodaikanal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Kathmandu, Dubai.
