His Packing List for South America

Every travel bog will tell you less is more! You can wear the same underwear for a week before changing them! Socks, wash 'em every two weeks! Pants? Why even bother washing them... Seriously. I can't bring myself to think like that! How much do underwear weigh anyway?

Well on the final weigh in I came in at 43.5 pounds. I can officially put my bag on a plane without paying extra!

I think the biggest goal of mine was to try to have few redundant articles of clothing.

Here's how it breaks down
7 pairs of gynch. (3 of those happen to be nice sweat wicking athletic undies. Only the finest material for this tush)
8 pairs of socks
7 short sleeves (Come on people, they all have different purposes! 3 dri – fit shirts, one rash guard, 2 golf shirts, one cotton)
2 long sleeved (1 merino wool light weight, 1 fleece) It gets cold here. Heck we are on the equator and its below 20 degrees... There will be places where its sub zero.
3 cargo shorts, 1 pair of bball shorts
2 swim shorts (plus one speedo to go under the board shorts). And a MEC travel towel.
3 pants (1 hiker/shorts, 1 dressier golf pants (stretchy), 1 bike pants, to act as long undies)
Toque, light gloves,
sandals
trail runners - you can run, you can Hike. YAY!
Rain jacket, umbrella
Sunglasses
Laundry bag
bag cover
Baseball Cap

Thats it for the clothes, then theres the sleep stuff:

Ear plugs, Inflating pillow, sleep aid.
Washing stuff - I really just took minitures of everything and will replenish as we go.
Exercise band (is there anything you can’t do with your body weight and a band?) I count this as an important item to take. It takes up no space and weighs nothing.
padlock and leatherman
Dive log, certification card and manual (ditching the manual the moment we finish certification, why did we not get our open water to begin with!?) Just a note our scuba manuals are big dumb books that have been in jamaica with us, Thailand, and now Ecuador. They need to go.
Electronics:
11" laptop (290$ special) - so so important for research and communication! Also can store copies of all our id and health insurance here in case something happens.
ipod, kobo - this is such a must. I cant go too many nights without crawling into a good book.
Travel alarm clock, head lamp, converter plugs, chargers, diving camera, batteries, extra memory. Another note, purchased 100GB on my skydrive, so we could ensure our pictures would not be lost!
Meds:
Maria, antihistamine, and cipro.

 The early stages of my pack...