Mongolia

Paper, make copies of all this to carry

Passport, plane ticket, medical insurance papers & contact info

united miles account number

cash credit cards drivers license, credit card customer service numbers on separate paper

extra glasses!

Leave home all unnecessary wallet fluff

Clothing

Long socks tall for boots, boots

Balaclava, scarf packs small and give much warmth

Padded riding shorts

Wool layers or plastic: long undies, t-shirt, long sleeve shirt, 

baggy fleece to go over flak jacket, moto jacket with removable liner

Flak jacket, knee pads, sleeves for under knee pads, moto boots, neck brace

Helmet, goggles, spray cleaner/polish

Light gloves, wind/waterproof super light gloves as liner or

 warmer gloves too

Rain suit 

Cotton Bandana to wipe glasses hands etc

Have extra socks undies t shirts on truck. 

Other

Headlight extra batteries

Tool kit wrenches Allen keys vise grips, stuff specific to your bike

Tire irons patch kits extra tubes hand pump

Leatherman

Zipties duct tape, electrical tape, wire, wire nuts, fuses small rope tow rope 

gasoline carrying bladder from Box 'O Coffee

Misc bolts and hardware

Safety wire

5 minute epoxy, jb weld or putty

lube
Buncha bungees or rock straps

Personal

Toothbrush, paste, floss

Extra zip locks

Band aids neosporin 

Benadryl Ibuprofen Imodium 

Q-tips 

Tea tree ointment

Electrolytes, IE: Emergen-c

Ear plugs

wipes

small camp towel, soap

DEET
Lip goo
repair kit for inflatable mattress, can also be used for misc equipment repair: tenacious tape, glue, needle and thread

Camelback back pack for all of above, extra bite valve

Compass

Snacks; chocolate nuts fruit jerky

Mylar blanket

Camping
bag, tent, tarp, mattress inflatable pillow (laundry works too)
I use a bag liner for warmth and washability

If you want to get crazy

Sun hat

Walking shoes

pens and paper (waterproof?)

Phone? charger, 12V

Snapshot camera

gopro, chargers etc

Itinerary

Here is the itinerary, from the Blue Waves page, which is the parent organization for out little moto adventure.

http://bluewavesmongolia.org/itinerary-2

Take a look around at the other stuff too, if you haven't already.

Still working, should be able to start making lists and packing on Saturday.

It's getting real!

Hello!  The time has come, I have been working up here at the ranch and fulfilling perks for the people who were so generous during the fund raiser, both those who helped with it, and also those who donated. I can't express with mere words how impressed I am with you all, thank you, thank you, thank you!

I have been pretty busy and I have been roundly ignoring the fact that I am going to Mongolia for three weeks to ride 1400 miles across the country and present a motorcycle to a ranger in need of transportation to do his job, but I have to stop ignoring it; there are many things on the list of what I should have gotten done before I leave that will not get done, but of course work will still be there when I get back.

I have a packing list that I use to go to Baja after Christmas, which I think will serve well aside from a little more focus on cold and rain.

The bikes will be waiting for us at the Yamaha dealership in Ulaan Bataar, and there is an itinerary set up with stops for media attention, though I think some of those stops may have 500 people living in them.

I have never done a trip journal before, but my memory is so bad that I need to do one for this ride. I feel a duty to chronicle the trip for everyone who came together and helped with the effort, and I want to have an interesting story to tell when I get back!

I do not now how much access to internet I will have on the road, but I imagine that I will be able to update periodically, but worst case, I just upload at the start and end of the trip in UB.

Yahooo!

And thanks again to all!

Anton