Gear & Packing

Essential Travel Gear for Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the most dramatic places on earth. Within a single trip you might walk past glacier-fed rivers,

International travel was completely ruined by my lack of proper power adapters. My devices were completely dead within hours of arriving in Europe. The outlets

My luggage was a disaster when I first started traveling internationally. Everything was jumbled together in one chaotic mess. My clothes were wrinkled beyond recognition.

I could not sleep on my twelve-hour flight to London no matter how hard I tried. My eyes were wide open the entire journey. The

I was struggling through an airport with a suitcase that felt like it weighed as much as I did. The luggage was dragging me down.

I was struggling through an airport with three pieces of luggage and a crossbody bag falling off my shoulder. The strap kept slipping. I was

My dog got sick during our first serious road trip. We were driving through Arizona. Middle of the desert. No towns for hours. My dog

I was constantly struggling to fit everything into my carry-on luggage. I would pack for a week-long trip and somehow end up with three bags.

My hands were numb after eight hours of highway riding. I couldn’t feel the throttle properly. The handlebars felt distant. By the time I pulled

I bought a motorcycle touring suit on impulse because I was tired of managing separate jacket and pants. The idea was simple. One suit. Armor

My feet felt like they were being crushed in a vice after eight hours of riding through the Rocky Mountains. I’d bought motorcycle boots that

I was wearing a cheap textile jacket when I low-sided my sportbike at forty-five miles per hour on a wet highway outside Denver. Nothing catastrophic

I dropped my bike going thirty miles an hour on a gravel road outside Austin. Nothing dramatic happened. Just lost traction on a turn I’d

I was sitting in a small café in Barcelona trying to catch up on work emails. My phone showed one bar of WiFi. The connection