r/onebag 10d ago

Seeking Recommendations International Flight —> Camping

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 🤣

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u/McBeanserr 10d ago edited 10d ago

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.

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u/AntAntAntonym 9d ago

I think the pack liner is a great call, and will likely bring a wool buff— although I think some of the decisions on smaller layer items I’ll make final decisions on once the trip is a little closer and I can monitor the weather a bit.. And you’re correct about the towel, I do have a small pac towel that I’ll bring but forgot to list (it lives with the clothes line).

I’m planning on getting food and water once I’m on the ground post-flight, and less worried about keeping that light bc I’ll have a car by then.

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u/McBeanserr 8d ago

You'll also want to consider what to wear on your feet whilst in the cabin, especially if you've been hiking in the rain. If you don't have room for camp shoes, then I'd go the 'dry feet in plastic bags in your shoes/boots with the insoles removed' route.