01 · Backpack Picked
Peak Design Everyday 30L
Phenomenal for office work and camera or electronic traveling.
★★★★★ · $300 / Lifetime Catalog ↳
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Plate 3 · Leaves the house
The kit
The room that leaves the house — packed once, ready always.
10 slots · 5 picked · 5 open · The key ↓
Scroll to walk the kit
1 of 3 · Carried
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
Packed once, ready always: the bags, the case, the papers.
Backpack
Peak Design Everyday 30L
Picked · ★★★★★ · $300 / Lifetime · Catalog ↳
Phenomenal for office work and camera or electronic traveling.
Sling
Peak Design Everyday 6L
Picked · ★★★★☆ · $130 / lifetime · Catalog ↳
A great lil' sling for a light camera carry.
Hard case
Pelican 1535 Air
Picked · ★★★★★ · $293 / one-time · Catalog ↳
A Pelican 1535 Air carry-on — colorized electric-blue with yellow latches by ColorCase. FAA-approved, watertight, wheeled, and near-indestructible.
Document wallet
Open.
Nothing has earned this job yet
Nothing has earned this job yet. The slot stays empty until something does.
2 of 3 · For the weather
Thy fate is the common fate of all;
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
What still works when the forecast was wrong.
Umbrella
Davek Mini
Picked · $65 / one-time · Catalog ↳
A pocket-sized travel umbrella — under 7 inches closed and about 8 ounces — backed by an unconditional lifetime guarantee.
Field notebook
Rite in the Rain
Picked · ★★★★★ · $5 / pad · Catalog ↳
I bought ~20 different types of pocketable notebooks over the past 5 years.
Pen
Open.
Last held by the Zebra F-701 · retired
Last held by the Zebra F-701, now retired: “Any pen from the Zebra family will do, but this is my favorite.”
3 of 3 · Plugged in
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Sound and power, for the long way round.
Headphones
Open.
Nothing has earned this job yet
Nothing has earned this job yet. The slot stays empty until something does.
Charger
Open.
Nothing has earned this job yet
Nothing has earned this job yet. The slot stays empty until something does.
Cable kit
Open.
Nothing has earned this job yet
Nothing has earned this job yet. The slot stays empty until something does.
Lights out
Ten slots in the kit: five held, five open.
The open ones wait for something worth buying once.
Plate 3 · The kit, laid flat
Key to the plate
Every job in the kit, in the order the walk takes them. The number is the one on the plate.
Carried
- No. 01 Backpack Peak Design Everyday 30L ★★★★★ · $300 / Lifetime
- No. 02 Sling Peak Design Everyday 6L ★★★★☆ · $130 / lifetime
- No. 03 Hard case Pelican 1535 Air ★★★★★ · $293 / one-time
- No. 04 Document wallet Open.
For the weather
- No. 05 Umbrella Davek Mini $65 / one-time
- No. 06 Field notebook Rite in the Rain ★★★★★ · $5 / pad
- No. 07 Pen Open. Last held by the Zebra F-701.
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