Carrying stuff
Generally, My typical load out consists of one or two DSLRs; a 70-300mm lens; a 17-70mm lens; extra CF cards; tripod: various other misc camera equipment; a CamelBak with 1 or 2 2 liter bladders; 1911 A1 semi-automatic handgun in an Idaho Leather shoulder holster with 2 exra loaded magazies; various maps and GPS; a Fairbain combat knife; a Leatherman tool; 4 Power Bars; and waterproof matches or a propane lighter. Total weight comes in at around 12-16. pounds. ( What can I say, I shoot in the back country, a great deal.) Either on foot or on my ATV.
The most important piece of equipment? My hiking boots with Super Feet insoles. The next most important: a lumbar support belt - whether on my ATV or on foot.
You can't take good pictures when you are in pain- feet or back.
When I'm ten miles into the Scapegoat Wilderness and it starts raining or snowing, EVERY piece of equipment counts.
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Doc Holliday
Canon EOS 350D & EOS400D flickr
Landscapes Only [well, most of the time, anyway]
"For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck, Travels With Charlie
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