Picos da Europa expedition 2015: T-6 days


This post is part of a series that briefly describe an inspiring expedition to Picos da Europa, Spain, during the Spring of 2015. The complete series follows:


 

 

Packing: DONE!

this is a late entry in the post series as I was working on the packing till late last night, thus having no time to write it…

Yesterday, after some serious considerations, I decided to use the computer guy approach: restart 🙂 I went to my packing place (a.k.a. bed), took everything out of the backpack, and by everything, I mean EVERYTHING including the space divider, took apart my Mamiya into its building blocks and repacked. You know what? it fitted!!!!!!!!!! I’m happy 🙂 Very happy!!!! I’m taking my DSLR and my  MF. What extra stuff am I packing?

  • The machine body
  • The film holders (6×4,5 and 6×7)
  • The prism
  • The mechanic release cable
  • B & W filters (Red, Orange, Yellow and Green)
  • Films, storage containers and refrigeration to hold them

What am I leaving behind? A back pain 🙂 I’ll be sure to use all the backpack straps and belts to ensure a good weight transfer to my hips instead of my shoulders.

To be honest, I wouldn’t forgive myself if I found myself in the middle of those mountains, knowing this baby was left behind.

One extra thing I had to do: as my backpack is not very spacious, I could’t fit the 70-200 with the remaining gear. I’ve opted to extend it with a lens case.

I’ll add some images soon.

 

 

 


This post is part of a series that briefly describe an inspiring expedition to Picos da Europa, Spain, during the Spring of 2015. The complete series follows:

The night was calm and re-energizing. The hotel uses a generator for electricity that is shut down at mid-night. After
After an easy day with a wake up scheduled for 8:00, today was our last chance to make the sunrise
Day 2 was a long, exhausting day and as a group we decided to sleep a bit more this morning.
The morning started early: after 3 hours of deep and fast sleep, the alarm clock went of at 5:00. And
As I start writing this new set of posts, less than 24 hours have gone by since arriving from the
Getting soooo close I can almost smell it 🙂 (as in the cold air in the high mountains) with hours
A post that considers bot the T-4 and T-3 days. Yesterday, a day mostly dedicated to the family, with a
No news 🙂 Full days with a lot going on not just around the trip.
Still decisions, Thanks to fabulous contributions and messages in my facebook page, the topic around what equipment to take is
The screening process of what to take, at least for me is a hard one. I don't want to take

 

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