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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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one of the most important

baby wipes. a lot better than toilet paper. you can wipe face,hands and anywhere else that needs it. great for those times when you cant find a place to take a shower.
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And what a unique idea for condoms, keeping matches etc dry. I'll remember that...
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It may seem frightfully British but I always take a propper umbrella strapped to the outside of the bike somewhere.
While travelling in Scandinavia (where it rained a lot!) when things got too bad and I was in the middle of no where I'd just sit on the bike with the brolly up...works a treat. It's also great when camping for protection from sun/rain and a must for those midle of the night excursions to the loo...if you don't have a bottle
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to much crap

How about fitting in with some of the locals on the way and use your left hand not that i've tried it myself yet also a 40 foot semi trailer to put all your crap into,not easy getting your stuff to a minimum.how about a roll up water carrier i just got one folded size is 12" x2" holds 10 litres,good luck ron.
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Absolute necessities:

1. Lighter/matches
2. Tweezers/safety pins/nail clippers
3. Small sewing kit
4. Gum
5. Sunscreen
6. Chapstick
7. Mirror(compact travel)
8. Extra batteries
9. Paklight
10. Scissors(small travel)
11. Energy bar
12. Toothpicks or flossers
13. Pen/paper
14. Advil
15. Saline solution

All of this packs in a qt size ziplock.
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Follow in the ways of Macgyver and everything will be okay.
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