My Pack: Costa Rica

As has become a bit of a custom, and because people have been asking, here’s what I’m packing while in Costa Rica for 2 and a half months.

Bag one is an Arc’teryx Cierzo 35 L daypack. The bag is fairly light, expands to hold a fair bit, and still compresses down when only partially full. The shoulder and waist straps are fairly minimal, but since I don’t ever plan on having the bag full to bursting, or carrying it long distances with full loads, I’m not overly concerned about that. At any given time, the pack is typically 2/3 full. I’ve already had a few people I’ve met down here give me incredulous looks and ask if this was everything I had with me, and the best answer I have is that you don’t realize what you don’t need until you try leaving it behind. I rarely miss the things I’ve left at home, and on the rare occasion I think I need something else, I buy it on the road.

Bag two is a DaKine 6′5″ surfboard bag. Although my pack is never quite full, I do have a full sized towel that lives in the board bag during transit. I also have a hooded sweatshirt that I wore when I left and on the plane, and since it’s a bit bulky, I’ve been stashing it in the board bag as well.

Electronics
10.1″ Acer Aspire One D250
First Gen iPod Nano
Canon G7
Miscellaneous cables and headphones

Clothing (packed and worn)
3 pairs of board shorts
1 pair Blurr Jive shorts
Patagonia Roving Pants
3 cotton t-shirts
1 Patagonia button up long sleeve shirt
1 pair Patagonia boxer shorts*
Patagonia Boaris shoes
Reef Sandals
2 pair socks

Toiletries
Toothbrush, Kiss My Face toothpase (full size)
Small assortment of bandages
Ibuprofen
OnSight Clear Window bag

Miscellaneous
Moleskine Notebook, pocket Notebook & Fisher Space Pen
Passport/Wallet/Documents
Stack of novels
Petzl Tikka headlamp
Earplugs, Sleep mask,
Stainless steel water bottle
Pocket knife with corkscrew

Surf
Bessel 6′3″ surfboard with DaKine leash
O’Neil rashguard
Wax, scraper, fin key

* note that I only wear the boxers with my pants, which I haven’t put on since I got off the plane. I also almost never wear shoes, so am not wearing the socks often either.

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