Gear pile for the Southern Hemisphere.
I am officially geared up for my three weeks in New Zealand with a few new additions for the trip: trail running shoes, gopro stabilizer and the life straw are all fresh faces, but there are still a few old faithfuls (my dented North Face water bottle being the most staunch holdover of my gear). I have a quick weekend layover days in Kauai on the way where I'm hoping to hike some or all of the infamous Kalalau Trail in a day, so that plan accounts for all the trail running addition to my gear. I'm not normally big on trail running, but if you're going to finish 22 miles and 10,000 feet of elevation gain in a single day before the sun goes down, you're going to have to run a bit of the trail.
Official gear checklist (snaking left to right): Grid-it cord holder, Canon 40D, New Zealand guidebook, toiletries, Asolo hiking boots, GSI Halulite Microdualist cookset, emergency clif bar, Mountain House Rice and Chicken dehydrated meal, Just organic dehydrated peas, Just organic dehydrated mangos, Hoka Challenger ATR 2 trail running shoes, REI Trail 40 pack, passport plus Kiwi dollars, Feiyu G4 GoPro stabilizer, binoculars, GoPro harness, GoPro Hero 4, Emergency blanket, first aid kit, Fox Outfitters Microdry towel, pair of Petzel headlamps, hat, bandana, sunglasses, Life Gear emergency light, backup glasses, Seat to summit aeros pillow, sleeping bag, dry sack, tote, life straw, Vapur water bottle, beat up old North Face water bottle (the Rasputin of water bottles), Platypus 3L, Aircee trail running pack.