Hahahaha – I took my iPhone and GoPro (which as noted earlier, froze at the glacier, and I still haven’t bothered to get the pictures from it) with me on this trip. I laugh because there were a few jokes made about this among my group members.
I also did not have any walking sticks or a great backpack, and I donated my sleeping bag at the end of the trip because why should it sit in my closet for the next year or two or ten when someone else can use it a lot?
Yes, I brought all my gear as carry-on luggage. That’s right, I didn’t even check a bag. In my travel experience, I have noted that there is an extreme tendency for people to over pack. Which is great for me because I can then under pack. I have no pride and find no shame in asking my group members, “anyone got a band aid?” “did anyone bring conditioner?” Someone always thought more about what is needed than I ever could anyhow so why waste the energy thinking about it and the earth’s resources purchasing it?
But I digress because the point of this post is to provide you with some pictures that were taken by other people in my group who had real cameras with really big lens. I guess size does matter sometimes.
More dazzling pictures in the next post (again, none taken by me).
Amy Oswalt 