Rus’ Stuff

Due to the whole concept of us being a team completely falling apart before we’ve even left Brighton I’ve no idea what the others are taking and I’m intending to be completely self sufficient in case I have to bail on them in order to survive. When I went to the USA last month I didn’t take anything, and it was a bit shit, so this time I’ve gone over board and am taking everything as we are taking a car. Hopefully it will fit in the big rucksack and the small gym bag as anything that doesn’t won’t be coming back with us to the UK..

From the top left corner one row at a time ..

• Numerous maps and guide books for everywhere between here and Mongolia!
• Map case
• Stickers to put on the car from our sponsors
• ‘Business’ cards to hand out to people with our website on describing what we’re doing
• Sunglasses
• Fire extinguisher
• Plate, bowl, mug, knife, fork, spoon, tiny thermos mug thing
• Tomtom with complete Europe map pack that will take us to 47% of Russia ..
• Canon 400D + Gorillapod + Battery grip + 5 batteries + 4/8/16GB memory cards + stock lens + nifty fifty lens + car charger + misc accessories
• Kodak PlaySport Zx3 + 2 x 32GB SDHC memory cards
• First Aid Kit + Antiseptic Hand Wash + Clothes Washing Liquid + Insect Repellent
• Small Black Gym Bag
• Hiking Shoes
• Trainers
• Rucksac + orange survival bag
• 3 x 4 liters paraffin + metal bucket for fire dancing
• Plastic bucket for washing clothes in
• iPad2 + SD memory card reader dongle + Compact Flash memory card reader dongle + ipad2 car charger
• Sleeping mat
• Weird hippy hoodie
• Waterproof coat + waterproof trousers
• White hostel sleeping case
• Travel Towel
• Flowtoys Poi and Baton Handles
• Passport, driving license, misc documents
• 1 dozen cigarette lighters that all worked on the first try …..
• Tent
• Contact poi
• Practice poi
• 1 dental splint that fixed my TMJ disorder to do this in the first place (probably worth more than the car + everything else in it .. must not lose!!)
• Multimeter
• 7 pairs of underwear
• 7 pairs of socks
• 1 pair of hiking socks
• 1 pair of gloves
• 1 hat
• 2 sets of collapsible Flowtoys glow staffs
• Fire staff
• Coffee
• Suntan Lotion + Aftersun + Ibuprofen
• 1 pair of shorts
• 1 pair of jeans + 1 pair of Flowtoys Action Trousers
• 3 t-shirts
• Fitness First Gym Passport .. in case we pass any gyms along the way!
• And of course the iPhone I took the picture with!

Less Blur

I’ve taken another photo with the 400D, which doesn’t look completely shit and blurry 🙂 Now to see if all this stuff will fit in my bag ..