Equipment : devices and list of our gear for a world trip

Is certain the question people ask us more : for a world trip, what do / don Art of subsidiarity about » just enough » and not always obvious. To help you, in that post we will dream your our gear, our tips, our favourites, our errors and our secrets after many months around the world.

 BEFORE GET INTO IT – WHAT YOU GOONNA FIND ON THIS POST

We have left home with our backpack for an indeterminate time, some cold and hot countries are on the list, mountains and oceans, jungles and cities, and some bivouacs.

Kind of adventure who put yourself in front of a tricky challenge : the one to fit many kids of gear in only one backpack !

In that post we will list All we have brought but share with you our advisories, tips and experiences after 5 months travelling : methodology, clones, camping gear, medic, hygiene, personal stuff, important documents... From the light technical jacket to the swimsuit through our sleeping bag 0°, mosquito spray or soap we use for everything, you的ll find here a wide panel about things you might not forgive for your trip, we promise you, there are many details!

In any case, don It So the best person who can evaluate your needs, and you.  .

This is complete inventory : adjust it to your travel and pick what is seams necessary for the countries / adventures you will cross.

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ARE YOU READY? Here we go! MAKE A BACKPACK FOR A WORLD TRIP : D-DAY.

You are in front of a moment you feel: you will leave for many months (years) and it Soon you will make it also time to put the word » useful » gold » vital » in practice and face the facts: we don. So this is two important things to spread trough your head before doing something (make post-it):

Travel light, travel free

 Dons put to much pressure on you!

If it « important » but if there is only that traveling will teach you is... to travel minimalist and love this way ! This is true: after few months some gear will seams useless ( contrary to the excessive weight of your backpack who gives bread to your muscles, back, shoulderers and force you to do shorts and efficient distance when you move ).

Keep in mind that your backpack should be 15% to 20% of body weight. You want to know the limit you should not excel? Multiply your weight by 0,2! For example if you weigh 55kg : 55 x 0.2 = 11kg.

And Finally... Don的t put to much pressure on you ! Except some medicine, few clothes and your valuable objects, we find everything almost everywhere. For the rest, calm down: we have already sorted to think about everything, for you! 😉

« THE ULTIMATE LIST »

1 >> BACKPACK 2 >> TEXTILE 3 >> SHOES 4 >> BIVUAC 5 >> HYGIENE 6 >> ELECTRONICS 7 >> MEDICAL 8 >> LITTLE EXTRAS 9 >> FOR THE GIRLS 10 >> IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

1 – BACKPACKS

where everything start

Of course the unmissable n°1. You got a house, an apartment? Now you的ll get backpack, just a backpack. We give you advice to choose yours Here, for us this is the one we picked and we love them:

• Maxime: Forclaz Trek 900. Capacity: 80 L
• Delphine: Forclaz Trek 900. Capacity: 60 L
• A small additional bag both: Quechua NH 500.

Pick your additional bag light and waterproof (by a cover if it doesn't come with), especially, do you take to big: 20l is totally enough to ring all your need without hood yourself. (more it

What we think about our additional bags / why you might take one : for all these moments you will leave your backpack in your room, to wish on the way with only your need, to keep your valuable objects with you on the transport, to take on the plane. At the beginning we have hesitated, but found them useful everyday. Our NH500 from Quechua are very practical (with many accommodation) but beware, we you add to much weight on them they get uncomfortable.

2 – TEXTILE – PANTS, JACKETS, ACCESSORIES...

our rock solidwardrobe

We need a little part of everything: to face cold weather, hot weather, to go up to 4000m but also to the beach, doing sport or walk in the city.

Our advisor, because we can not bring everything: take all you will need first to do cart carry stuff you will only need in 5 months.

Starting with cold countries (Siberia, Mongolia, Nepal) we have favored technical / warm gear instead of shorts, dress or tiny t-shirt, which we found for a cheap price in Asia! When we have done these countries, we feel back our warm clones in France.

And to pack this...
Cubic compression. Honestly: The best idea we got during our preparation. Quechua or Nordkamm, these cubes we use to pack our clones, compress them and who organized our backpack revolutionize our backpacker!

You will find them here as love it, the good news is you get 10% discount on the all website of the band Nordkamm with the code  between 10poles .

3 – SHOES

do you have world trip

No secret! There is not only one magic pair of shoes who will bring you around the world. But, 2 or 3 peers will give you the perfect combo:

Hiking or trail? Is only asked about ankle support... and clothes! We get use to mountain environment and we normally wear riding shoes which support well our ankles, especially when you want to make you down more funy. But most of them are usually heavy take place (specially in the backpack): opt for a mid size, lighter and less numbersome. On the other hand, if for you wearing riding shoes is really unpleasant and you-re not gonna do long technical hike (most of the famous treks are well maintained) you should opt for low size or trail shoes.

Is waterproof really necessary? You can think whatever you want but for us, after few months travelling and in all conditions... Yes, with any doubt!

4 – HYGIENE

to keep you fresh in (almost) all conditions

One toilet case for both is fully enough, you can find some really practical one on internet or stores : we chosen for one in Decathlon who got lot of compartments,a small mirror AND a hook which is so useful to hold it everywhere (think about it, that change your life)

Inside:

Tip
Wipes are useful when trekking / shipping / transit when you can You » intimate wipes « , but to refresh your body no better than ... baby wipes ! Most of them are made up with 90% of watter : just enough to refresh and clean. Method tested and 100% approved during our 7 days in Gobi desert!

5 – BIVUAC

portable house of adventurers and everything who comes with

In light of our program (and our desires) we left with camping gears to survival few days in the nature. If you do not plan this kind of adventure, to give importance to this equipment. And no worries, for the » just in case » one day you would camp, you However, some of these accessories would be useful in daily life, you » Little extras « .

6 – ELECTRONICS

minimalist or real digital nomad?

If there is one category which list of equipment differ, it’s this one. For the basics : smartphone, usb cable, powerbank, adaptator and maybe a camera. For us who got a blog and want to share many adventures on social media, this is how looks our technical staff :

It could seems it’s a lot of electronics stuff but trust us, to maintain a blog a create some nice content it’s almost the minimum (except the drone which a « big plus ») and for the futur it’s gonna be even more (to share more stories :)). Our advise would be to buy a specific bag to pack everything and keep it safe, things we haven’t done before leaving.

7 – PHARMACY

Only a box of doliprane and let’s go

We wish to take only this, but in fact on the other side of the world reality is different and could be hard sometimes to find some medicine.

Again, it depends where you gonna go. Keep it mind it could be simple and cheap (sometimes free) to get medicine in your own country, then it will be hard and expensive in some countries!

This is what we have in our pharmacy :

Then, don’t forget : medicine is one thing, but they will never substitute those two necessary for travelling :
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→ Vaccines : It’s important to check vaccines at least 3 month before leave (some needs 3 months to be done with booster) : https://www.pasteur-lille.fr. For more detail we prepare one post about everything you know to be ready the d-day.
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→ Travel insurance : The one who will cover your medical expense if you need (we don’t hope so !). For us, we picked Chapka Insurance : after 5 month they help us with our hospital expense for an ankle injury, very reactive and helpful.

Tips
To don’t take lot of place, remove boxes and put medicines in small food bags.
If you are afraid to forgot how to use them and the posology : Download instructions online and store them on your phone !

8 – LITTLE EXTRAS

Those things you gotta love it everyday !

It’s them, finally, those little extras of our daily life who are so useful, we didn’t really think about them at the beginning but now we can say » they are amazing ! «

Don’t forget those from our topic » bivouac » which could be useful every day :

9 – FOR GIRLS

because we don’t talk about details…

Hygiene intime, toilet bag, menstruations, accessories, contraceptive pill, clothes… You already got all the list of my stuff on this article, but because you have so many questions (and sometimes so accurate), i will tell you more in a futur article dedicated to this subject.

If you have questions or topics that you would love find in this futur post, don’t hesitate to tell us in the comment section 🙂

10 – IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

you can forget everything … Except this !

«Anyway now, it’s to late »
You might get this feeling of fatality at the moment that some people consider like » no return « . The one you’ll say boodby to your close family / friends just before get into the customs at the airport, the one your train is leaving the platform, the one your boat is leaving the port…Anyway your transport, we talk about this moment that your travel start, after days (weeks) think about if you’ll not forget something, this sentence on your mind : » anyway, it’s to late » Vous ressentirez peut-être ce sentiment de fatalité lors de ce moment que beaucoup considèrent comme « sans retour ».

We insist on : Don’t put to much pressure on your : you will waste this unique time of preparation which should be a good moment and not a burden.

Except the lucky charm given by your grandma 10 years ago, antibiotics and your pricey stuff, you can by everything kind of everywhere…except this :

• Passeport
• International driving licence
• Your licence from your country (it’s not practical, but your need both)
• Certificate of vaccines (copy or scan)
• Your credit card
• Identity pictures ( could be done at all airport but sometimes pricey)

Our advise : don’t forget to do scan or picture of all those documents and send it to your mailbox : that way, whatever you are, even if you loose your paper AND your telephone, you can get everything just with your email and that could save your life sometimes.
Do the same with medical prescription (if you need to justify) or insurance justification : it will takes less papers.

FEW WORDS TO CONCLUDE

» WEIGHT OF OUR BACKPACKS (WITH EVERYTHING ON THE PICTURE) :

• 13,5 kg Delphine
• 18 kg Maxime

For both it’s 3kg more than our limit weight ! Fortunately we planed to send back our bivouac gear and our warm clothes when Siberia, Mongolia, China and Nepal will be done. Now our backpacks are lighter, but it still could be better !

» WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ADVISE BEFORE LEAVING :

If you have a passion / something you love especially but you are hesitating because it’s not on the perfect list you’ve seen on internet … Take it !Even if you give up some clothes. For exemple : your guitar (make it shorter and take ukulélé), your favorite camera, your drawing … If it’s part of you, you’ll miss them one day for sure in this kind of long trip !

Finally, n’accordez pas tant d’importance au contenu de votre sac, il ne conditionnera pas votre voyage :
→ si vous vous apercevez qu’il vous manque quelque chose, vous l’achèterez ou il y aura toujours quelqu’un pour vous dépanner
→si vous avez pris des affaires qui vous embarrassent : vous les donnerez ou vous les renverrez chez vous.

» 3 THINGS WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE BROUGHT :

1 – Packing cube who enable ourselves to tidy and compartmentalize our backpack : it’s only backpack but when open the main zipper it’s almost like cupboard and easy to grab

2- Our water bottle LifeStraw who enable us to get access to drinking water everywhere and limit plastic use

3 – Our Speaker because we love add music in our daily life and our headphones, to keep listening on transports or watching movies without disturb somebody else.

» THOSE WHO HELP US :

Decathlon Ruaudin, who give us to possibility to test some of their materials in exchange of feedback, and run everywhere on the hiking aisle to make this list easier.

Philippe Petit, who avoid us leaving without sunglasses and give amazing pairs to protect our eyes everywhere , in all condition, thanks a lot !

Quechua who give us the possibility to get our home and set it up everywhere, from Baikal lake coast to the great wall of China..

Nordkamm , they make every kind of high quality outdoors equipment and especially the packing cube which saves our life every day ! . You can get 10% discount on all website site with our code  between 10poles .

» FINALLY… WE WANTED TO TELL YOU

List everything we got the d-day is nice / useful, but talk about our experience, mistakes or favorites it’s better !

We are writing this article after 5 months on the road , that allow us to get steps back and advise you. But, we never stop learning and we will do updates and keep on sharing or feedback and our genius idea.

Meanwhile, if you have suggestion or questions : DON’T HESITATE to comment below ! Aim of this article is to get more feedback, advises to help as more as possible travelers.

We can advise you to read this French article (an other list) : « EQUIPMENT: WHAT EQUIPMENT IS IMPORTED FOR A TOUR OF THE WORLD? » from the website Tourdumondiste which help us a lot during our preparation.

We wish you a wonderful preparation, we wish you to forget many things and realize they are useless, we wish you to get more time drinking beer with your friends / family instead of make research on google, and we wish you most of all take pleasure and … don’t forget on your wall : 2 post-it ! 😉

Delphine & Maxime.

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