Hiking & Photo Gear
Hiking Gear
The “always-carried” items
- EMS Summit 5500 Backpack
- Marmot 10-below sleeping bag
- Thermorest Eggcrate Style Sleeping Pad
- Leatherman Multitool
- Simple Compass
- Map
- Headlamp
- Flint & Strike
- Gerber Knife
- Emergency Biouvac
- Simple First Aid Kit
- 3 Pair Spare Socks
- 1 Set Extra Clothes
- EMS Microflece
- 2 Dry Stuff Sacks
- Pack Cover
- Food & Water
- Sunglasses
- Treking Poles
- Techwick Hat
- MSR MIOX Water Purification System
- Thin Gloves
- Jetboil w/spare fuel tank
- Moleskin!
Additional Winter Items
- Black Diamond 10 Point Crampons
- Soft Thermal Containers for Water Bottles
- Black Diamond Ice Axe with Leash
- Bacalava
- Ear Band
- Black Diamond Overmits
- EMS Goretex Bibs
- EMS Gaiters
- Koflach Artics Expe Hard Boots (for extreme cold/moutaineering)
- Merrill Leather boots with Goretex (for less cold day hikes)
- EMS Brand microflece pants
- Mountain Hardware Shell
- Mountain Hardware Down
- EMS Microflece Upper
- Teckwick “3″ Layer (upper and lower)
- Goggles
- EMS Tundra Dome Tent for longer trips / larger groups OR…
- Mountain Hardware Ethereal Bivy for solo trips
- Tubbs Adventure 32 Snowshoes
- Black Diamond Avalanche Shovel
Additional Spring / Fall Items
- Stabalicers
- Mountain Hardware Shell
- Mountain Hardware Down
- Northface Tadpole Tent (2 person)
Summer Items
- Bug net
- EMS Moonshadow Tent (solo) OR…
- North Face Tadpole (2 person)
- Mountain Hardware Shell Rain Jacket
- Keen Hybrid Shoes
Extra pack for short romps or fast hikes – The North Face Off Chute
**The Ten Essentials**
- Map
- Compass
- Headlamp / Lightsource
- Extra Food (enough for an extra day at least)
- Extra Clothing
- Rain Gear
- First Aid Supplies
- Knife
- Fire source such as matches or flint
- Sun Protection for eyes and skin
(For the above list of ten essentials, sources are varried – Summit Photo of NH and Matt Stearns accept no responsibility or liability for the contents of this list)
PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR
Camera Bodies
- Canon 5D Mark II (with battery pack)*
- Canon 40D (with battery pack)
Lenses
- Canon L Series 16-35 2.8*
- Canon L Series 24-70 2.8*
- Canon L Series 70-200 IS*
- Canon L Series 50mm 1.2
- Canon EF 60 mm Macro
- Sigma EX 10mm Fisheye
- (Extension Tube and Teleconverter)
Tripod
- Manfroto with “Joystick” ballhead*
Filters
- Singh Ray 77 mm Variable ND Filter
- Canon 77 mm Circular Polarizer*
- Heliopan .9 (3 stop) ND Filter
- Lee 77 mm filter holder*
- Lee 4×6 graduated ND Filter 3 stop set*
- Lee 4×4 Glass Circular Polarizer*
- 88mm B&W Circular Polarizer*
- Lee Foundation Kit*
Gear Protection
- Pelican 1450 with foam
- Lowepro Soft “Fanny Pack” case*
- Cleaning tissues, blower, microfiber, spray, and brush*
*: Typically carried gear for landscape photography hikes. Other gear is for back up or special use.
Total Weight for all normally carried photo gear is appx 23.6 lbs
