Trip Details: Eight night trip by air; business meetings and vacation (both tent camping and city). Three nights business, two camping, and three city/outdoors non-camping vacation.

Packing List

GORUCK GR1 26L:

• Large eBags Packing Cube #1
  • Wool & Prince Button-down (our review)
  • Pistol Lake Minimalist Performance Tee (our review)
  • Y Athletics SilverAir Crew (our review)
  • Mountain Hardwear Refueler X Shorts
  • Arcade Belt
• Large eBags Packing Cube #2
  • Outlier Futureworks
  • Outdoor Research Ferrosi Pants
  • Patagonia Wavefarer Walk Stretch Shorts
  • (3) ExOfficio Boxer Briefs
  • Icebreaker Anatomica Short Sleeve V
  • Darn Tough No-show Socks
  • Darn Tough Dress Socks
  • (2) Darn Tough Hiker Micro Crew Cushion
• Outdoor Research Helium II
• Laptop
• Quart Zipper Bag (fits nicely in the small pocket on the inside of the GR1)
  • Travel cream jars with face lotion and hair gel
  • Toothpaste
  • Deodorant
  • Comb
  • Bandages
  • ChapStick
  • Solid hand lotion
  • Razor brush
  • Floss
  • Aleve
  • Small Nalgene of Eucalan
• Toothbrush
• Electric Razor
• Kindle Paperwhite
• GORUCK Wire Dopp (fits nicely in the large mesh pocket inside the GR1)
  • 3 ft Lightning cable
  • Apple Watch cable
  • 3 ft USB-C cable
  • Mini-USB cable
  • Anker Astro E5 portable battery
  • Native Union SMART CHARGER International
  • Laptop charger
  • Lens/screen cleaning cloth
• Sunglasses
• Bose QC35
• Notebook
• Fisher Space Pen

I wore:

• Synthetic polo (my next area of focus is going to be non-T-shirt short sleeve performance clothing)
• Outlier Futureworks
• Darn Tough Dress Socks
• ExOfficio Boxer Briefs
• Mission Belt Leather Belt
• Merrell Trail Glove 3
• Outdoor Research Ferrosi Jacket

Notes and Considerations

Since I was tent camping, I checked a large duffle with my camping gear. I decided to throw my dress shoes in there to wear more comfortable shoes on the flight. I also packed my hiking boots, base layer, sunscreen, and hat in there. Other than that, the GR1 easily held the rest of what I needed. If this was a business-only trip (or non-tent camping vacation), I could have packed everything in my GR1 (and would have just worn my hiking boots).

Overall I packed almost the perfect amount of clothes. I didn’t end up needing the second pair of Futureworks. The only washing I did during the whole trip was my polo, a pair of socks, and my underwear. The polo and socks took a while to try, but the ExOfficio underwear dried overnight after rolling in a towel. The magic of merino allowed me to get plenty of wear out of both my undershirt and button-up.

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