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24 Comments
Do you have any Tips or Tricks to flying with Backpacking or Bikepacking Gear??? 👇Let Us Know Down Below! 👇
I had a pair of brand new Black Diamond Carbon Z trekking poles confiscated from me at the airport security once 😑
Finally a GEAR video from Darwin. Just what Gear junkies need 🙌🙌🙌😘
Thanks for the advice…. Something you never thought about till your ready to FLY …Great Video
Some campsites will let you leave your gear in their basement while off on a trek if you are going back to their campsite. I did this in Chamonix while doing the Tour Du Mont Blanc.
Air tag when i fly with my bikepacking setup
Hey Darwin, thanks for the video. Josh here from TN near the smoky mountains/AT. I would like to add something I have recently learned from a friend who works at the airline service and he said that you can also use the airline you are flying with to ship your gear. They offer freight shipment and they offer better insurance coverage just in case it gets lost and it sounded pretty reasonable. The airline holds your freight until you pick it up at the airport. Check in bags if lost you only have a $200 insurance coverage. He said that him and others have used this option multiple times and no issues yet. Any thoughts on this ? Happy Trails Brotha!!
The only weapons I take on a plane are my fists of steel justice.
Good to see another video. I look forward to more content. Thanks for not just pushing out videos for the sake of making videos. Cheers!
What about if somewhere where you could not find gas can
Thanks for saying my video is great! 😉
My biggest concern with flying with my gear has always been for my camera gear. Every airline has different rules when it comes to how many batteries you can carry on and how big they are allowed to be, but security is where they would go through all that and thats before you even get to the line for your airline in most cases. I was told to tape all of the conduction points on my batteries and and keep everything separate in my carry on bag(which makes sense). I was the most nervous when i flew to Iceland with 3 camera batteries, 3 drone batteries, and 2 large external power banks. Obviously they looked through the bag, but they let me through. Im sure you fly a ton with all sorts of camera gear when you work on projects, do you have any tips for flying with camera gear and batteries? Or should i not be as worried as i am?😅
Thanks so much for the video! Definitely helps me out as i plan to do my next trips! Btw, i am always shocked as to how simple it is to get a bike box! There has only been one time where my brother had to use bubble wrap instead of a box, and it actually worked out!
Thanks for coming back to give us some stuff!
trying to give away that last 1/2 a cup of fuel in an msr bottle at the end of a trip before u fly out sure aint an easy one, no one wants it.
Perfect timing on the video!Preparing to fly out and hike the TMB late August.
excellent…..per usual
Note for hikers in Europe: mailing gear that's not allowed as carry-on luggage is very well possible within the EU-countries, where there is a free movement of goods. When sending a package from a EU country to a non-EU country (like Switzerland, U.K., Norway) you will be charged a hefty fee for customs tax when you pick up your package at the post office or the hotel!
Last year I sent my trekking poles and stakes to Switzerland from the Netherlands to avoid paying a €50 charge for check-in luggage, but I had to pay about €45 tax once I got my package at my BnB, making it more expensive (including €12 for sending the package).
On my way home from Geneva Airport I just put my poles and stakes in my carry-on luggage – without problems but maybe I was lucky.
I can recommend a friend at the destination! I've both been the friend and had a friend at the destination. Makes a lot of things easier. Also used some of the other suggestions like buy when you get there and mailing stuff to myself. For travel though with no other option I've just checked my backpack with everything I can replace fairly easily at the destination and used a smallish bag with essential stuff like camera, electronics etc as my carry on.
Good to see Darwin again, although I haven't seen you in a long time. I stay in my own location. I don't even drive. I bike, hike, and paddle. I live in a remote enough location to find isolation nearby without having to deal with crowds. Thanks for your video.
Shipping stuff to yourself is also great if you end up with a bunch of things on vacation – I usually budget an extra $100 to do this and I find it worthwhile to not have to carry on more than 1 bag.
Just remember that if you are shipping things internationally to yourself you may need to also fill out a an invoice of everything in the box and declare what the values are for any applicable taxes
Just wanted to add that in 2022 for the PCT I flew from Australia to Vancouver and San Diego and also domestically to Alaska and back with full thru hiking kit, complete with brs stove LT5 hiking poles and Ti pegs, ALL as carry on, with NO issues 😁. The only thing that ever drew attention was my TI 550ml pot, but was never an issue once they saw it. So I think things are relaxing a lot more maybe specifically with camping gear? 👍
When I started college back in 2019ish I learned how to backpack from your videos. Since then, hiking and traveling with others has been the greatest source of joy in my life. Thank you for the content you created and continue to produce. I tell new backpackers to watch your videos and budget videos especially to learn what to look for.
Huge thanks!
This was great! Thanks, Darwin!!!!
But how did you get the bike back home?…. From UK to USA?