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For eight days I've been home from a 23 day trip to India. A good friend and I guide college students on Himalayan Study Tours for a college in Maryland. The trip includes city, village, and remote temple treks high in the Himalayan Mountains of the state of Uttarakhand. I've been to india six times now, and am gradually improving my photography bag.
But it's the bag itself in question...
F-Stop Guru was my choice for the India Study Tour 2017. And it carried ALL of my photography equipment, along with rain shell, rain pants, fleece, and trail lunch during the treks.
The Guru is a great bag for the city, as my Canon 6D, Canon 40D, Canon Lenses: 70-200mm, 24-105mm, 16-35mm, 50mm, 85mm ALL fit, and were one zip away, ready to go.
It's those intense treks, similar to the Rocky Mountains, except that we have guides, porters, and mules for the big equipment in our North Face Duffels. I own a Deuter Backpack when I hit the rockies, and I know how that harness system breathes and works on my hips, shoulders, and back. It is a joy.
What struck me on this journey was how much like a school daypack most daypacks are. The load INSIDE was a delight, because I knew I could access it beautifully. No faulting the F-Stop on that front. But the straps, the waist straps, while more than a school daypack for sure, were not at the level of a Deuter, Gregory, Osprey, etc.
So my question is for any of you who hit the trail with your photography equipment: What do you use and why? Have you found any "crossovers" where you can easily access your F-Stop modules while having an excellent breathable, supportive internal frame on your back? Or is this the elusive, non-resolvable issue of "one or the other?"
Thanks!
ScottS
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