Final Norway Packing Lists

It took a bit of hustle, but we got all of our things into boxes and all the way to scandinavia! Here’s the final packing list for posterity.

So much fun gear!

Food

We’ll shop in Norway, but we made a few provisions in advance.

• 2 lbs trail mix
• 2 lbs homemade kind/granola bars
• a pint bag of machaca and chipotle jerkies for the plane
• We’ll buy olive oil and food in Kirkenes

Cookware

• 1.6L MSR Seagull pot
• 2 aluminum cups
• 12-egg carton
• 6-inch? chef’s knife in sleeve
• wooden spoon
• 2x cutting board (thin plastic)
• wash cloth
• steel wool scrubbie
• 2 plastic bowls
• 2 bear hangs
• stainless steel fry pan, handle removed
• pot lifter
• metal spatula
• spice kit (salt, pepper, thyme, cumin, and homemade cajun spice mix)
• 8 oz Dr. B’s soap
• 1 full-size BearVault bear can
• spare stuff sack for food and such

Fire

• Olicamp Kinetic isobutane canister stove
• Firebox Nano twig stove in x-case
• Olicamp wind shield and tin-foil pot protector
• 2 bic minis
• 1 dumpstered butane jet lighter
• magnesium/ferro fire starter stick
• 4 emergency matches
• 2 light leather gloves for fire/cookware handling
• 1 stainless Mora Pro, with back filed square for ferro rod use
• opinel folding saw
• fuel canister recycling tool

Water

• 4L platypus gravity filter
• 1.5x packs of Aquamira drops
• 4x bicycle water bottles
• 2.5l MSR platypus bladder
• bandanas for pre-filtering

Shelter

• Tarptent Double Rainbow
• Alpkit 4-person tent groundcloth (in stuffy)
• 15° REI down sleeping bag
• 20° Feathered Friends Egret UL sleeping bag
• 3/4 length REI self-inflating sleeping pad
• 3/4 length Exped DownMat
• 1/2 of an old blue foamie sleeping pad for backup, cooking, sit-pad use

Bike boxes at the airport

Electronics

• Pixel 5a on Google Fi (which service has already been invaluable)
• Galaxy S8 (which will get a Norwegian SIM)
• Bestek 100-220V Voltage Converter power strip
• Anker PowerCore 26800 power bank
• Goertek 25,000mAh power bank with builtin solar panel
• Lenovo Thinkpad E490 laptop
• Pelican Hardback 1085 laptop case
• Sea to Summit Lightweight Dry Sack 3-piece set
• 2x BD Headlamps
• Front and rear bike lights

First Aid / Personal

• Medical tape
• Gauze, bandages, etc
• Ace bandage
• Triangle bandage
• steri-strips
• needles/thread
• Aspirin/NSAIDs
• pink bismuth tablets
• A few high-test pain killers for emergency use
• powdered clotting factor to halt bleeding
• antihistamines
• alcohol wipes
• neosporin
• sunblock chapstick
• SPF50 sunblock
• soap (in cook kit)
• Candy/electrolyte packs
• 2x Trowels/TP
• 1x SAM splint
• pencils + write in the rain notebooks
• probably a bunch of other stuff I can’t remember

Repairs/Tools

• Sewing Kit (needles, thread, safety pins)
• tenacious tape
• waterproof fabric for patching
• seam grip
• sleeping pad patch kit
• duct tape
• 2x spare bike tubes
• 2.5x tire patch kits
• fiber spoke replacement kit
• Straight allen set 2-6mm
• 8mm allen (kickstand)
• 17mm ratcheting crescent (kickstand)
• 8, 9, 10mm crescents
• topeak mini PT30
• lezyne multitool that is tiny
• Silca T-Ratchet/Ti-Torque tool
• Park MT-1 multitool (for sockets)
• thread locker
• 3x Park TL-1 levers
• 3x Weird metal tire levers
• 2x Topeak road morph G pump
• 1 Park BBT-10.2 crank cap tool
• 2x Randi Jo Fabrications saddle covers
• Obenaufs heavy duty LP (Whistle Workwear private label)
• 1x brooks saddle tool
• 1x needle-nose vice grips
• lube
• spare bolts etc
• a rag or two

Toiletries

• Contacts x5
• Solution (to purchase in NO)
• Contact case
• Biodegradable Silk Dental Floss x4
• 2x toothbrush
• 1x comb
• 1x hair brush
• toothpaste and baking soda tooth powder
• soap (in kitchen kit)
• bar shampoo
• a squishy vinegar bottle for hair use
• 2x pack towels
• 8x bandanas, give or take (including those listed in Water)
• Heidi’s homemade hand stuff (beeswax/honey/oil moisturizer)
• 1x ear plugs

They should have brought the trailer…

Navigation

• 1x Compass
• big paper map of scandinavia
• phones
• Lonely Planet and Moon guides
• Edit: Picked up 5x folding paper maps of Norway at DNT Oslo, covering the major regions

Entertainment/Sport

• Earbuds
• 3x books
• swim goggles
• 2x sock patterns, yarn, needles, notions
• 2x cheap tin whistles
• REI Flash 18 backpack
• MEC 30L rucksack
• Sneakers/Sandals

Chris’s Clothing

I’m covering my kit only for now, as Heidi’s clothing list would break the internet.

• 2x proper shammies
• 1x liner shammies
• 1x baggies
• 1x board shorts
• 1x synthetic pants
• 2x synthetic tee shirts
• 1x silk weight woolen long johns
• 2x silk weight woolen long-sleeve tops
• 4x synthetic/wool/blend undies
• 1x “town shirt” synthetic button down
• Wind shirt
• Rain shell
• Rain pants
• 2x bike gloves
• synthetic belt
• 2x light socks
• 2x midweight socks
• 1x liner socks
• 1x ski socks (light but good coverage)
• midweight hooded puff coat
• light puff pants
• Randi Jo Fab wool cycling hat with ear flappy liner guy
• ball cap
• beanie
• Sunglasses
• Clear safety glasses
• head net

Bike things

• 2x Helmets
• 1x U lock
• 1x steel cable
• 1x combo padlock
• 6x Ortlieb back roller classic panniers
• 2x alpkit toliari 12 panniers (which are not great)
• 2x rogue panda frame bags - custom design by H
• 1 Bedrock tapeats stem bag
• 2x D&D Oberlauda Ultralight Bike Mirror
• 1x Ortlieb ultimate 6 Free handlebar bag
• 7x nylon backpack straps
• Various dry sacks for clothing/sleep kit
• A motley assortment of Planet Bike fenders. Definitely fenders.
• 2x ESGE double kickstands
• 1x profile design aero bars (for wrist relief)
• 1x quadlock phone mount