Be prepared

In just four days I’m on a plane heading eastwards for South Korea. The “travel jitters” has begun to set in. In an effort to try and calm myself, I spent the Sunday packing and made sure to go through the list I’d made and see that it all fits in the bags. The problem with packing too early is that you (or at least I) have too much time to think about “this might be good to have”, and suddenly you have an extra five kilos in your bags.

However, I’m pretty happy with what I’m bringing. The blue duffle bag (90 L) weighs about 18,5 kg but contains a tent. The black duffle bag (60 L) landed on about 15 kg and is mainly clothes and “equipment”. The orange duffle bag (40 L, thanks for the loan Marianne!) ended up at about 7,5 kg. And finally, the black backpack that goes as my carry-on weighs in on about 9 kg which is the limit. Here are all the electronics. 🙂

It’s interesting to follow the discussions on different platforms where other Swedes but also a bunch of other nationalities talk about what they are bringing. Someone is just bringing a 50 L backpack, someone even beats me when it comes to volume. What type of rain protective gear should you bring, pants and jackets, or just an umbrella? How many pair of shoes? And so on and so forth.

This is what I’m bringing (almost complete):

Since I’m spending 15 days at this campsite I’m going for some comfort. Like my own tent with standing room. And a foldable cabinet where I can store stuff. Also a foldable chair, a bunch of clothes, a battery-driven fan, noise-canceling headphones, an inflatable mattress, three power banks, a laptop, and an isolated water bottle. Just to name a few items. Since I’m flying business class to and from Asia I can bring the tent, which I’m going to leave for someone locally to take over. I can’t bring the weight to Singapore.

Finally, I know what I’m going to be doing at the Jamboree! Or at least sort of. I’m assigned to Sub Camp 17, Mt. Seorak, where we are a group of about 35 people that will service the inhabitants in our sub-camp which consists of about 50 units which means 2000 scouts. It’s a bit different compared to what I did in 2019 when I got recruited in January and we had two online meetings before the Jamboree. Then I worked with “just” roughly 150 scouts. But it will be nice! I think we can do something good here. Our leadership seems to be experienced and is always good to have. We are also the sub-camp closest to the staff hub which is nice because we’ll be sleeping in our sub-camp but we will still be close to the dining hall and IST activities.

Here you can find the source and a high-resolution version. I believe that my subcamp is just below the large digit 4 and the staff hub is the area in the lower right corner.

Now I just have a list of final things to do at home before departure. Prepare some food and sand so the nice people looking after my cats can accommodate their needs during these weeks. As well, as grab some currency, plan what to do outside the Jamboree, and so on.

Soon its time!

읽어 주셔서 감사합니다!
(Thank you for reading!)