So, all the LSF trekkers have departed and we spent the day getting settled into our new, bigger hotel room. Well, that’s not exactly right; first we had a great meeting over at the LSF offices. Ramesh and Nutan are the amazing ‘ground crew’ here in Kathmandu, the very spine of the organization. Amy’s already [...]
(Phil and Amy stretch a bit in Bangkok)B After the longest plane ride of our lives, 17 1/2 hours, we’re in Bangkok, awaiting our plane to Kathmandu. There’s internet here, and showers. Nice place. I mean, like wow, nice place. Thai Airways? Mmm, I could get used to that too. Caught up on some snafus–Canon [...]
Packing this one was a kick too. This was the Pelican with the dividers. I was able to fit a pretty crazy complement of multimedia gear in there: Leica M8 with 15mm CV, 28mm Summicron, 35mm Summilux ASPH, 75mm Summicron, spare battery and charger Two Pocket Wizard units and two speedlights HV20 Canon camera with [...]
Been spending some quality time with our Pelican bags, trying to configure the kits to make sure that everything crucial gets to Nepal in one piece, and that we can carry all the really key stuff on the planes with us. To that end, I’ve been configuring our two Pelican 1510 carry-on sized roller bags. [...]
