A bit above where he mentions checking a bag, he says: > But in our context, I am not a tourist. First, I need to perform, second, where I go I may not have sh

A bit above where he mentions checking a bag, he says: > But in our context, I am not a tourist. First, I need to perform, second, where I go I may not have shops. Or much of anything really. Just the supplies to stay functional without being able to rely on any local infra (food/water/shelter/medical) makes not having a checked bag challenging IMO. I'm on-roster with a tech NGO (sounds like he does something similar?) and travel with a duffel that gets checked in addition to my carry-on backpack. Backpack has "here and now" stuff. A change of clothes, lots of socks, laptops, GPS, satphone, granola bars. Basically whatever I need to live for a day or two and get started doing site surveys so I'm not totally useless even if the duffel gets held up or lost. Duffel gets _everything_(1) that I need to do what I've been sent to do, which gets bulky and usually makes airport security unhappy: Tools (EMT shears(2), multitool, screwdriver, wrenches to assemble VSAT dishes, ethernet crimpers, etc). Food/MREs for half a week of working hard, maybe a small drone if it's legal. Sometimes cable and network equipment if it's a small response and nobody is pulling stocks from UNHRD. Granted, I usually do field networking instead of coding, but the basic idea is the same. Sometimes you have to do the project even if it means sleeping in a house with no roof on an island with no power after a hurricane. 1. Technically, everything short of local transportation. 2. TSA doesn't mind the EMT shears, but airports south of the equator kept confiscating mine.