protecting your gear in extreme conditions
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juts out of interest when guys like this are half way up a mountain or some similarly extreme terrain what do they carry there gear in??
http://www.lowepro.com/photography-showcase/camero...
[scroll to the right to see some quite cool pic's]
Strikes me that many of the bags out there are too bulky if you need to carry climbing gear etc etc. Assume they don't all have a team of sherpas lugging hard cases just out of shot!
Thanks CAB
http://www.lowepro.com/photography-showcase/camero...
[scroll to the right to see some quite cool pic's]
Strikes me that many of the bags out there are too bulky if you need to carry climbing gear etc etc. Assume they don't all have a team of sherpas lugging hard cases just out of shot!
Thanks CAB
Arggghhhh, why did I have to open this thread - just spent the last age since clicking on the link checking out most of the featured gallery pics...some awesome stuff in there 
As for myself - I have a Lowepro tucked away upstairs, model escapes me - but it's managed to keep 2 SLR's, lenses, filters and memorycards safe from one extreme to the other on my adventures (down to -28oC in Sweden for the 2006 WRC Event, through to 100oF heat at the Grand Canyon in Arizona), so it's always waiting on it's next adventure
As for myself - I have a Lowepro tucked away upstairs, model escapes me - but it's managed to keep 2 SLR's, lenses, filters and memorycards safe from one extreme to the other on my adventures (down to -28oC in Sweden for the 2006 WRC Event, through to 100oF heat at the Grand Canyon in Arizona), so it's always waiting on it's next adventure
the link actually shows what gear they use but when half way up a mountain i suspect that they wont be using one of these
http://products.lowepro.com/product/Orion%20AW,198...
in addition to everything else... surely??
CAB
http://products.lowepro.com/product/Orion%20AW,198...
in addition to everything else... surely??
CAB
I've climber all over the world - from rock climbing in Thailand, ice climbing in Canada to big mountains in the Himalayas and Andes.
I've carried a 5D with 24-105 up to 6000m but that's rare....mostly, I'll take the 5D and lenses in to base camp and then carry a Panasonic Lumix above b/c. When you're tied on to a rope there is neither the time, nor the inclination to stop and faff to get at your gear in a rucksack so the compact (shoots raw) can go in a pouch and be used one handed (while belaying with the other and hoping my mate doesn't chose that moment to fall
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I'd love to take the 5D much higher but there are a variety of factors in play as to why it doesn't make sense.....cold, weight (a big factor at altitude), space in your rucksack etc.
it's a great fisheye shot in the link of the bivvy site!
I've carried a 5D with 24-105 up to 6000m but that's rare....mostly, I'll take the 5D and lenses in to base camp and then carry a Panasonic Lumix above b/c. When you're tied on to a rope there is neither the time, nor the inclination to stop and faff to get at your gear in a rucksack so the compact (shoots raw) can go in a pouch and be used one handed (while belaying with the other and hoping my mate doesn't chose that moment to fall
) I'd love to take the 5D much higher but there are a variety of factors in play as to why it doesn't make sense.....cold, weight (a big factor at altitude), space in your rucksack etc.
it's a great fisheye shot in the link of the bivvy site!
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