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Head off for a tour of four continents or a jaunt through the Four Corners, with our light-and-right packing list.
For Him
The cotton-and-nylon [1] Victorinox Photojournalist Shirt ($115) has a great live-from-the-Gulf look that's also functional: cell-phone pocket, film pockets, knife pocket, and I-mean-business roll-up sleeve tabs. As a stand-alone or a light second layer, the [2] Bertram Mann Stretch Zip-T ($72) is a most practical garment; the microfleece piece feels like cotton candy and compresses to softball size. [3] Salomon's Travel Sweatshirt ($120) is a teched-up zippered hoodie, with a nylon shell and a soft poly lining/insulation, and an eyeshade that drops down from the hood for in-flight cocooning. Going light calls for double-duty duds. The nylon [4] Woolrich Waterside Short ($34) (REI.com: Waterside Short) merges swim trunks and hiking shorts. Sportif's Paverider Short ($39) (REI.com: Paverider Short)
is both nylon knickers and cargo shorts; love the cell-phone pocket. The cotton-and-nylon [5] Victorinox Reversible Quagmire Pant ($125) is dark khaki or sand-colored—coordinate as you wish. The Sierra Designs Bushido Pant ($150) puts soft-shell-style nylon/poly stretch-woven material to great use in rugged, stretchy travel trousers that also look great around town.
For Her
The North Face's poly/rayon Sleeveless Serra Plaid Shirt ($36) is a gossamer and stylish first layer, while the Supplex nylon Cloudveil Cool Shirt ($65) earns its name with a hidden front zipper where buttons usually go, plus two zippered pockets. REI's Sierra Shirt ($50) (REI.com: Sierra Shirt) is the softest of its quick-drying-nylon ilk and features a huge zippered pocket and hidden side-zip ventilation. [6] Ex Officio's SyphonDry Hoody ($58) (REI.com: SyphonDry Hoody) is a great lightweight second layer in won't-stay-wet polyester. This nylon trio fits into the average purse with room to spare, yet could serve a summer's worth of travel: The North Face Meridian Short ($38) packs into its own cargo pocket. The [7] Royal Robbins Lightweight Travel Capri ($40) (REI.com: Travel Capri)
rolls into a cylinder the size of an ultracompact folding umbrella. And the RLX Ralph Lauren Parachute Skirt ($69) is five ounces of airy casual dressiness that fills less than half of its chalk-bag-size pouch.
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On Your Feet
If the weather's warm, you might need nothing more than the Bite Xtension Ortho Sport Sandal (men's and women's, $95). Its molded EVA footbed is so exceedingly comfortable and its fit system so coddlingly snug that you can run with it on, plus it's the only sandal that can accommodate orthotics. Ecco's sporty Receptor ($75-$150) is concourse-ready: The shoe integrates an exoskeletal shank engineered for just-right support.
Gizmos
Eagle Creek's Pack-It System, an array of nylon-and-mesh organizers ($7-$50) (REI.com: Pack-It System), thwarts any notion that the world tends toward chaos. A favorite is the two-sided Pack-It Cube ($22) (REI.com: Pack-It Cube): T-shirts go in one side, socks in the other. [8] Victorinox's Hanging Toiletry Kit ($55) (REI.com: Hanging Toiletry Kit) is made of ballistic nylon, so your personals are quite safe inside its multipocketed, antibacterial-lined interior. But you can't be too prudent, which is why [9] Pacsafe's Security Waist Wallet ($20) (REI.com: Security Waist Wallet) is the ultimate money belt; thin steel cables make it slashproof. Have you ever not come home with more than you started with? Enter the Kiva Designs Pico Trek Tote ($30), a tote-cum-backpack that tucks into its own wallet-size pouch. Poof it out when you need to check in your treasures. Finally, when you're trying to find your 30th foreign loo in as many days, nothing's more valuable than CMG Equipment's Sonic LED keychain flashlight ($20) (REI.com: Sonic LED): It's not much bigger than the single AAA battery it runs on, but it packs a brilliant light that shines for more than ten hours. With any luck, you'll figure out where you're going to go before then.
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