the packs they carried

For me, this is the decade-overdue backpacking trip. I bought the pack at REI and filled it up, mostly with clothes:

62L and maybe 80% full.

Gabe's super-Gucci Deuter pack:

 

featuring his cat Grizz. He totally stole that dual bottle setup from me, btw.

Matt's panic-shopped enormous pack (his old one was "only" 45L):

Instead of giving you an obsessive rundown of what we're packing, I'll go with the most wise and most frivolous things:

	Matt	Gabe	Meng
most wise	first aid kit	convertible pants	toilet paper
most frivolous	scuba mask	2nd pair of sneakers	driving gloves