In reviewing the home page of Hoofbeats & Footprints, my wonderful little calendar countdown caught me by surprise. 16 days left before I leave for Peru. But WAIT…I’m not ready ! After months and months of planning, the date of departure is nearly here, and I feel as if it is arriving too quickly.
So I’m trying not to panic – there are so many details to attend to for this trip, and in particular for my four-day trek on the Inca Trail. I started trying to pack my things that I’ll need on the mountainside, and just with my sleeping bag and mat I already feel like I’m going to have space and weight issues.
So today I began gathering the electronics that I would like to take with me to Peru. The list seems to be getting longer, but I’m doing my best to limit it. It’s pretty hard between the cameras, lenses, memory cards, extra batteries, battery chargers and related accessories. In getting these things together, I went and cleaned out my extra memory cards and found a few surprise photos that I had forgotten I had taken. So here they are for your viewing pleasure. This is like finding money in your pants pocket after doing laundry. Bonus photos !
Following the photos will be the listing of the equipment I plan on taking. Hopefully the whole kit-and-kaboodle won’t weigh too much. Wish me luck!
Canon 7D with 24-105mm L IS USM f/4.0
(just one lens…hope it’s enough ! Maybe my 18-200mm IS USM might make it into the bag, just in case.)
Hoya Circular Polariser Filter
B+W UV Filter
Galen Rowell ND-3 Stop Filter
Canon G12
Canon Powershot SX230 (for my friend’s use)
Drift HD170 Helmet Cam
Sony Vaio Netbook – for onsite photo backups w/320GB
Apple iPhone 4S – to phone home
Categories: Birds, Flowers, Foot Prints, Peru and the Inca Trail
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
That is coming up quickly – get packing and then you can just focus on the JOURNEY!!! Have a Great Day:)
You are so right ! I’ve been setting things out for months. Now to make it fit into the suitcase. 🙂
I’m envious of your upcoming trip. I would make sure to bring the 18-200 since you may lots of distance to cover for a shot. Have a safe trip!
That is a good idea, I do like the 18mm range also. I also have a 70-300mm perhaps that might be a better choice for the focal length.
Hurray! I cannot wait for you to get there – will you be posting from Peru? I am so excited for you!!!
I think I’m going to try to at least do a photo of the day while I’m in Cusco. Needless to say when I’m on the trail – no way. But I can check in once I get into Machu Picchu.
LOL – Now others post each night so there must be wireless – you will have to let me know if this is a good month to do it…
I agree, think I should have no trouble at all getting online. It’ll be great to post my daily adventures.
You should leave me a note somewhere, under a rock – that way I can find it when I go 🙂
This is a plan ! I’ll geocache something for you.
Great spring photos Bella. Can’t wait to see what you get in Peru.
Thanks Mark ! I’m so excited…I can’t sleep 🙂
Does Drift HD170 Helmet Cam take pictures and video?
It is a high def video cam that can take stills. I used it at Old Rag Mountain last fall. You can check out on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ecarter015?feature=mhee
The quality on youtube was downgraded so that it was easier for people to download. The quality on my screen is quite nice. I chose this one because I can use SD cards which I interchange with my Canon G12.
Cool video! Is the helmet camera water proof? We’ve been thinking of taking a helmet camera with us when we do Mahoosuc Notch in August.
Your first video at 2:25 was our first challenge! We are short and couldn’t figure out how to get down from the ledge – glad to see other folks had to think about how to descend.
Actually it is!