Originally Posted by
Michael Kadillak
The Super Trekker AW II is the right pack for the task at hand.
I am not into wheeled devices simply because they are prohibited in any wilderness area and some National Parks. Usually this is where you want to make photographs, at least here in Colorado. Fact is that when you are putting on a back pack with anything of consequence make NO mistake about it - you are participating in a very physically arduous event. As a result carrying only as much as necessary to make your photographs is the objective. How this manifests itself is a very personal decision from tripods to darkcloths and film holders to lenses. I know this for a fact. The older I get the less weight I want to subject myself to.
A physical and regular cadiovascular conditioning/weight training are both recommended and advised. It should not take long for you to decide that this technique is the cats meow OR working from the vehicle is not such a bad proposition after all.
Last count I have four pack frames, five back packs and a cross buck saddle along with a set of panniers for a pack horse. Just think of the possibilities for LF/ULF images that are off of the beaten path?
Cheers!
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