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Matt on his Schwinn Homegrown pulling a BOB trailer.

Nicole on her Trek 6000 with LonePeak handlebar bag and Ortlieb panniers

Can't be but happy in the Cordillera Blanca with our Siera Designs Sphinx tent

OR Hydroseal stuff sack keeping the rain out on our last Andes crossing

Glacier gear: Mountain Hardware's Stormlight down jacket

Five minutes to dry our Pearl Izumi cycle jackets

Northface shell in 80 mph winds at 15,000ft on Volcano Cayambe, Ecuador

Butterfly protection by Bell, Iguazu Falls, Argentina

   


It's often the little stuff that makes all the difference when living
out of a bag for a while. Some of small things we use ALL the time:
Leatherman, Nalgene bottles, sunglasses, Pearl Izumi cycle jackets,
REI thin fleeces, 2 hankies each, Dermatone sunblock, Outdoor
Research Hydroseal stuff sacks, Camelbacks, and Petzl headlamps.

Main stuff:

- Modified 21" Schwinn Homegrown mountain bike for Matt
- Modified Trek 6000 mountain bike for Nicole
- BOB trailer for Matt's bike

- NorthFace PVC Expedition duffle for the trailer
- Ortlieb waterproof panniers for Nicole's bike
- LonePeak handlebar bags for both bikes

- Sierra Design's Sphinx tent (~ 5lbs)

- Mountain Hardware Stormlight down bags (Talacs, 20°, 3lbs each)
- Mountain Hardware and NorthFace 3-layer Goretex shells
- Patagonia travel clothes and polypro undies

- MSR XGK Expedition stove
- Titanium cook kit with MSR Heat Exchanger
- Sweetwater Guardian water filter


Geek stuff:

- Toshiba Portégé 3110CT notebook computer

- Iomega Clik! PC Card drive
- Iomega Clik! mobile drive
- 40 Iomega Clik! disks

- Olympus C2020-Z digital camera
- Sunwise rigid solar panel

For the curious, the exhaustive list (XLS file, 24K)