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  • The 2016 Gear Post Prelude

    The 2016 Gear Post Prelude

    I would have forgotten about my promise to post this in November if it wasn’t for, well, everyone else very tactfully reminding me that I said I’d do it. The timing works, though. My bag is packed for a two month trip that will bring me to thirteen countries by plane, train, car, ship, and…

  • The 2015 Gear Post

    The 2015 Gear Post

    At last! I’m going to start this gear post with a promise, since everyone’s been so patient: the 2016 Gear Post will be out on or before the Monday following Thanksgiving of 2015. The bad news is that I fear my gear posts are going to slowly become more boring over time. While my main…

  • The 2014 Gear Post

    The 2014 Gear Post

    For those of you who were linked here, or who are new to my blog this year, every year I write a gear post which contains every single item I travel with. Despite being minimal, the set of gear is fully functional, allowing me to be comfortable and productive everywhere from the tropical beaches of…

  • Gear Post 2012: Zen Edition

    Gear Post 2012: Zen Edition

    Okay, okay, okay… I’ll write the gear post before the year’s over! One of the things that keeps me from writing all year is that it never really feels like the stuff in my pack has changed all that much. I switch one item at a time, never thinking I have much to write about.…

  • Answers to Your 2011 Gear Post Questions

    Answers to Your 2011 Gear Post Questions

    I was going to post something new today, but there are so many questions on the 2011 Gear Post that I figured it’s better to answer them in a separate post rather than the comments, since blog commenting systems suck. What happened to the Vibrams / huaraches? Vibrams are gone. They just smell too bad…

  • The 2011 Gear Update: Style Edition

    The 2011 Gear Update: Style Edition

    (Note: if you haven’t read last year’s post, you may want to read it first, since this is only the gear that is different) During South by Southwest this year I was lucky enough to see the Kanye West show (thanks to my brother, Devon, and Colt Woody). Kanye had about a million different guests…

  • The 2010 Travel Gear Post

    The 2010 Travel Gear Post

    Now it’s time for the one post that everyone’s been waiting for. The 2010 Gear Post. For a quick background: my method is to have very few items, all of which are as small as possible and as awesome as possible. The goal is to have a tiny bag but be prepared for absolutely everything.…

  • Three New Awesome Pieces of Gear

    Three New Awesome Pieces of Gear

      One of the major advantages of having almost no possessions is that I can spend time to make sure that each thing I own really is the best possible product. I spend hours researching alternatives for just about everything major that I own, hoping to find something good enough to warrant the hassle and…

  • Gear Updated

    Our original gear list has changed. We’ve added a few gems and have also dumped some poor performing or no longer useful stuff. The Losers: Stuff that hit the trash can. #1 on the loser list, a spot earned for being total failures, are those Solomon XCR Pro 3D shoes. They served me well for…

  • The Gear of Life Nomadic

    To say that we packed light is an understatement. We packed super light. Someone recently told me a saying that stuck in my mind. “No one ever wishes they packed heavier.” So true. With fewer baggage comes more freedom, and that’s exactly what we’re after. Still, when Todd suggested that we take only a small…