A few years ago I was entrenched into a decent stealth camp in Portland doing the homeless thing, and most of my gear was stolen while I was out and about. Since then, I'm a little paranoid about leaving a lot of my gear at my spot. If you've got money, it's not so much a big thing, but if your penniless it can really suck to lose your gear. 


So, now while I'm away from my spot, even if I'm going next door to the store, I make sure to load my backpack with my "quality of life" daypack gear. 


Things that stay at my campspot, are my tent, tarps and sleep system, as well as clothes and food. Everything else, I take with me. I'm minimalist by nature and tend to get smaller multiuser items so it's really not that much stuff. I even take my toiletries, if not the bottle of shampoo I keep at my tent, because the stuff I carry with me are items I would be sore to lose. When you're homeless and broke, losing even one item can cause irritation or misery. 

I'm using a street backpack for my daypack gear and then inside use dry bags and zipper freezer bags to contain the contents. Carrying my gear around is pointless if everything gets wet.

When doing the traveling hobo thing or when I've walked across America, I tended to carry all the same stuff, but also include solar panels, I larger knife, clothes and camping gear such as my tent, sleeping bag and rainfly. 

Let me know if I'm missing anything you use whether from being homeless or from your wanderings.


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