Hi there,
Three days, 27 km, 3,700 m of elevation gain and 2,000 m down, with a 20 kg backpack (4L of water and XH2S, XF10-24mm. XF150-600mm). It was a bit of a challenge that a friend and I set for ourselves. We suffered after the first day (10 hours of hiking for 11 km and 2000m of D+), which ended with an hour of torrential rain (backpack and stuffs inside were soaked, except camera gear hopefully). The second day was also tough (10 hours and 10 km) with ridge line from start to finish and no water along the route, so we had to set off with enough supplies. On the third day, we were feeling generally tired and ended up walking for 4-5 hours under the blazing sun, which really wore us out, but we were very happy to finish.
All in all it was more of a hiking trip that a photocentric trip but I still came back with few images I enjoy as you can see down below.
C&C welcome.
Cheers everyone
Day 1- forest, that is all due to fatigue, heavy packs, not very photogenic chaotic trails and rain at the end of the day
Day1 - the only rock ptarmigan I manage to see and capture. Lots of people told me they saw plenty but no luck for us
Day 2 - morning but no beautiful sunset due to lots of low clouds
Day 2 - clearing up slowly
Day2 - rain seems to be closing up
Day2 - finally no rain and a quite enjoyable end of the afternoon at the refuge at the top left corner
Day2 - Alpine accentor
Day3 - beautiful sunrise to welcome our last day
Day3 - Little butterfly in the summer flowers
Day3 - final bonus, the symbolic mount Fuji showing its cap ^^
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Greg
500px.com
Three days, 27 km, 3,700 m of elevation gain and 2,000 m down, with a 20 kg backpack (4L of water and XH2S, XF10-24mm. XF150-600mm). It was a bit of a challenge that a friend and I set for ourselves. We suffered after the first day (10 hours of hiking for 11 km and 2000m of D+), which ended with an hour of torrential rain (backpack and stuffs inside were soaked, except camera gear hopefully). The second day was also tough (10 hours and 10 km) with ridge line from start to finish and no water along the route, so we had to set off with enough supplies. On the third day, we were feeling generally tired and ended up walking for 4-5 hours under the blazing sun, which really wore us out, but we were very happy to finish.
All in all it was more of a hiking trip that a photocentric trip but I still came back with few images I enjoy as you can see down below.
C&C welcome.
Cheers everyone
Day 1- forest, that is all due to fatigue, heavy packs, not very photogenic chaotic trails and rain at the end of the day
Day1 - the only rock ptarmigan I manage to see and capture. Lots of people told me they saw plenty but no luck for us
Day 2 - morning but no beautiful sunset due to lots of low clouds
Day 2 - clearing up slowly
Day2 - rain seems to be closing up
Day2 - finally no rain and a quite enjoyable end of the afternoon at the refuge at the top left corner
Day2 - Alpine accentor
Day3 - beautiful sunrise to welcome our last day
Day3 - Little butterfly in the summer flowers
Day3 - final bonus, the symbolic mount Fuji showing its cap ^^
--
Greg
