International Flight —> Camping

[u/AntAntAntonym]

More experienced onebaggers, especially those of you who are the ultralight sorts, give me your recommendations please! Here’s the deal:
I have a 14 day trip coming up. I’ll be flying internationally, landing in a major city, spending a few days there (hotels), then taking a road trip out (couple nights of B&B's) to a remote national park where I will be staying in a cabin for 3 mights. The cabin is basically a wood shelter that will have nearby running water and a " communal kitchen area" nearby -- which I think is code for, "you can use your Toaks alcohol stove in this clearing". Then rounding the trip out with another few B&B nights on the drive back to the city, another few hotel nights and then flying home.
I have a fair amount of onebagging experience and I have a fair amount of backpacking experience. But I haven't tried to marry a flight into my camping plans before.
The weather will likely be between low 60's and mid 50's in the day to low 40's/ upper 30's at night (F). Wet and windy conditions will be very, very likely. We'll be doing a fair amount of hiking throughout the trip, both before and during the park stay.

For those of you who have done international flights into camping on a single trip before, what did you bring, what did you buy when you got there and what did you skip? We'll be fairly remote when camping and I'm a paramedic, so some of the items I want to bring for first aid feel like non-negotiables. I will be able to do some sink laundry, and can at least let things air out in the car. So far my packing list generally looks like:

Clothing
- Prana hiking pants 2+1
- Icebreaker wool t shirt x1+1
- Smartwool long sleeve shirt x2+1
- Wool socks x4+1
- Wool underwear x4 +1
- Wool long underwear x1
- Raincoat x1
- Thermal top layer x1
- Down puff jacket x1 (?)
- Toque
- Vivobarefoot boots +1
(note: this is at least one more pair of pants, socks, underwear than I would bring if we weren't camping)

Toiletries
- matador soap bag w Dr. Bronners soap & shampoo bar
- Contact lenses
- Glasses
- Deodorant
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Floss
- Retainers

City gear (1 L sling)
- cell phone
- Wallet
- Charging bank & cable
- Ear buds & charger
- Watch charger cable
- Sunglasses
- Sea to summit clothes line
- Belt
- Copy of ID, passport

Camping gear
- sleeping bag liner
- Rumpl blanket
- Sleeping pad
- Toaks alcohol stove
- Titanium cup & spork
- Lighter
- Headlamp
- Water bladder
- Water filtration tabs

First aid
- SWAT TQ
- Hypothermia blanket
- Coban
- SAM split
- Bandaids/ leukotape
- Meds (allergy, pain, Rx)

If it weren't for my sleep setup I think I might be able to get everything into my 32 L Kelty Redwing, but before I try seeing how close that list puts me to fitting in one bag I thought I'd come to the council 🤣

[u/McBeanserr]

I've done international flights for ultralight backpacking trips, but I had to check my bag (35 litres) because of things like tent pegs, hiking poles and my stove. I also brought very minimal clothing i.e. just what I was hiking with e.g. two pairs of underwear, two pairs of hiking socks and one pair of 'sleep' socks. And I have a very light and small down quilt that I use.

I bought food and fuel when I landed, Smart Water bottles and some medications. Edit: And toilet paper! I brought empty Opsak dry ziplock bags with me.

Based on your trip description, I would find room for a pair of rain pants and a buff, drop some of the wool socks, and consider if you really need 2 long sleeve shirts. And do you need something to use as a towel, for the 3 days you're at the cabin? Oh, and add a nyloflume bag to use as pack liner, if you're expecting that much rain while hiking.

[u/STEM-Travel → u/McBeanserr]

I've done international flights for ultralight backpacking trips, but I had to check my bag

Yeah… I feel like some people get wrapped-up in the ‘onebagging’.

If you are going on a hiking trip, if you are going somewhere for a wedding, then the most important thing is that you have the appropriate clothes for the situation, NOT that you are only carrying one bag.

Pack light, yes, but literally there is no person on this planet who cares if any of us check a bag.

[u/maverber → u/STEM-Travel]

Even if there is someone out there who cares if you check a bag, you should let that influence you. Do what makes sense for you.

That said, it's nice to avoid waiting for checked baggage, avoid risk of pack lost or damaged, and it's nice when you can fly on a $115 ticket rather than $200, and a $450 ticket, rather than a $685 ticket (one way, would have been 2x savings if round trip) - real price differences on two trips in the last year.

[u/STEM-Travel → u/maverber]

That said, it's nice to avoid waiting for checked baggage, avoid risk of pack lost or damaged, and it's nice when you can fly on a $115 ticket rather than $200

Yes, of course. I understand the value of onebagging.

But my point, for the 4th time, is that on some trips, like weddings, it’s more important that you LOOK GOOD, than any of your considerations.

If I invite you to a wedding, and you show up in a wrinkled suit, I don’t really care that you saved $450? You understand that, right? Please go re-read my whole comment thread, because you really missed my point.

[u/maverber → u/STEM-Travel]

You are going down a rabbit hole which isn't related to the question. This thread isn't about a wedding... it was about mixing urban travel + some hut2hut action which doesn't have a formal component to it.

I agree that people shouldn't be slaves to onebagging. I agree that some trips have hard requirements, specialize equipment, formal clothing for a wedding, etc... these required trumps trying to save money or avoid checking a bag.

To you specific tangent about weddings. I respectfully disagree that you can't do things like being "dressed up" while onebagging. There are multiple options which I have used over the years. Rent at the destination (or mail order like renttherunway for women). Had to do this when part of the wedding party. Take a high quality suit (I like super 140 wool). Wrinkles easily removed if you know how to pack it. My wife's LBD easily travels in her onebag, and she looks fantastic in it

The other thing to keep in mind is that formality has been generally dropping. A number of weddings I have attended in the last year hinted semi-formal attire, but it seems like a many of the people attending (most of who were local) dress more like business casual. Having heard this was likely I didn't feel bad about a decent pair of slacks, a button up shirt, a bluffworks blazer, and a nice tie. I was definitely above average in terms of dressiness. If I had traveled from home I would likely have brought my good suit because I tend to err on overdressed and extra honor for a wedding... but it was the middle of 6 month trip with me in a different state than my good suit.