Feb 22, 2018
Recorded live before a (mostly) well-behaved studio audience,
from Costa Rica, to Australia and across the United States! I
unveiled my plans to bicycle Puget Sound by Brompton in a few
weeks, including the crazy transit plans, the route, the
campgrounds, the pack list and much more. Big thanks to everyone
who participated live - we will do it again this spring!
- Early March in Washington state... what could go wrong?
- Will pull the plug on this if there's a coastal storm, but not if there's normal rain
- DC to Potlatch SP by crazy ass transit (bike to plane to light rail to ferry to bus to bus to bike)
- Hooking up with a modified Pacific Coast route from there:
- Lake Sylvia SP
- Bay Center (either the KOA or Pioneer County Park)
- Astoria
- Then bus to PDX!
Packlist
- tent
- sleeping bag
- pad
- pump (on frame)
- spare tube
- multitool (in bike)
- spork
- Cook kit and esbit stove w/lighter
- VIA coffee
- Bandannas x3
- Camp towel
- Wool sweater
- Puffer vest
- Rain jacket and hood
- New rain pants
- LS shirts x2
- Rain gloves
- underwear x2
- socks x2 (smart wool and waterproof)
- toiletry bag (incl. ibuprofin, caffeine and electrolyte pills)
- hat (SU cold hat plus sonics cap)
- helmet
- batteries and cable
- Headphones (wired buds, Bluetooth, noise cancels)
- iPhone
- water bottles x3
- Locks x2 (Otto and folder)
- wallet
Adds if possible (in order of priority)
- Sleep clothes
- Spare pants
- Flip Flops or sandals
- Faux Pro
- Good stove in case I can find fuel
Setup
- Brompton with stealth cover
- Front shoulder bag pannier - load up with quick need things like water bottle, hat, locks, wallet, lights, tube on top. Fill with pad etc on bottom.
- Backpack, hung from saddle dowel
- Both bags have rain covers but aren't themselves waterproof. I will likely use the backpacker trick of a trash compactor bag inside the pack to give some redundant waterproofing.
- My tent has two great vestibules. I'll plan on the folded Brompton being on one side, wet gear on the other.
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