ti pot in carry on bp? alcy stove? tent poles?

Let me see if I can summarize the recent discussions we've had here.

Put the backpack into a plastic bag or else thin duffle bag to protect it a little. Assume that TSA will x-ray it. However, they are only looking for bomb-related things, so don't worry about most of your stuff. Also, place your poles into a cardboard tube and stick that into the plastic bag or else duffle bag since you generally can't take those into the cabin. Do not lock the duffle bag, but twist something colorful into the zipper so that you can tell if it has been opened.

Metal cook pots are not of much interest to TSA. When viewed two-dimensionally, it could be interesting, but they can view it in three dimensions, so it should not raise a stink. Knives and all that are not of much interest when they are checked in baggage. Food is of zero interest.

You probably need to avoid all fuels, alcohol, and Esbit.

–B.G.–

I can carry the backpack on, it fits the dimensions, barely, so I can bring most of my stuff in that as carry on. If I pull out the carbon frame it definitely fits as carry on, but I've never had them look at my carry on stuff re sizing it.

So tent poles need to be checked, ok.

I got a decent check in bag, it has a frame etc, so I don't have to really worry about stuff in there re it getting dinged up or bent, and I'm going for other reasons so this isn't a backpacking only trip, ie, I will have normal stuff with me too, so extra luggage is fine.

I'm not fond of the notion of wrapping pack in plastic, that would trust TSA people to properly open it if they felt like it, I've had stuff closely examined by them because it didn't scan right, and I was very glad I was physically there to oversee them, let me tell you.

I was planning on buying alcohol there, so no worries on that, I'll just leave it there for next time, if there is a next time.