Nordic Cycle Trip - Post #10

**I did a test ride on friday with both cameras and most of my gear. Here's a video on YouTube with an attempt at editing the two cameras together. When i'm actually on the road the daily videos will be much shorter, 4-5 minutes long (or else either my laptop will die processing, or the place i'm stealing electricity from will get tired of me taking up space) so don't get put off by this 17 minute video.**

There are just a few days left until i head for the airport so i thought i'd share exactly what i'm bringing with me. I'm doing this for a couple reasons; to show you, to show myself (i've already done this twice because i changed things up), and to make it easy to review things after the trip. So put on your glasses and get ready for a lot of pictures of .. boring everyday items. First,

The bike in riding configuration:


Yes, that's a teddy bear and Cookie Monster on the back. Also, a Goal Zero Nomad 7 solar charger for recharging all my batteries. Everything else should look pretty familiar if you've been following along. And if you haven't noticed, i'm taking the Fuji! i switched the handlebars and everything feels pretty good. I'm looking forward to having gears.

The left-side pannier: My carry-on bag, full of clothes and stuff i'll need if everything else gets lost on the flight over.

Yellow sack - socks, Small pink sack - underwear, tripod,  laptop, carabiners. The rest described below

Two T-shirts, lightweight convertible pants, light hoodie,light long-sleeve shirt,  polo shirt	Cycling clothes: Two sleeveless t-shirts and two pairs of board shorts.
Random small stuff

The handlebar bag: My 'personal item' for on the plane, also with stuff i don't want to do without:

External battery, small things, wallet, passport, phone #1, GoPro housing, 2 GoPros, external hard drive

Pens, GoPro batteries and backdoors, SD cards, pens, chapstick, usb cables,  headphones

The right-side pannier: All the camping stuff. It'll go inside the box with the bicycle as checked luggage:

Sleeping bag, air mattress, bivy sack, inflatable pillow, tire pump, emergency
food, bike lock, stakes for the bivy sack, sunscreen, sunglasses case with
random stuff and stuff that needs to be checked

So that's what i'm bringing. Not pictured is a towel, laptop charger, my other phone (the white phone will hopefully be used as an actual phone while my current real phone will mostly just be a camera), and a pair of shoes. I'm trying to decide what to wear on the plane. I'm thinking an additional pair of regular shorts and a t-shirt or polo (and the non-pictured shoes). But i might just wear something that's pictured to save that bit of weight.

If you notice something i might not have thought of please leave a comment.