They say trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body. Unfortunately trying to be a photographer of bikes without quite a large amount of equipment isn't going to work. It was a topical issue for me during the last two rounds of the World Cup after the airline lost my suitcase for the entire trip to Mont St Anne and Windham. I say 'lost', it was just sat next to the baggage carousel, behind a taped-off area at JFK while they ignored my calls and emails. Anyway it's lucky I was absolutely rinsing the weight limit on baggage carry-on and that I found a few good people with the humanity to spare some clean underwear or things would have been a lot tougher. Inside that over-filled bag, that is physically immovable to your average trans-Atlantic air-hostess, is a smorgasbord of possessions of oscillating importance to the range of mountain environments that are relevant to bike riding. Let's take a look...
Hardware Inventory:Nikon D4
Nikon D750
Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8
Nikkor 16mm f2.8
Nikkor 300mm f2.8
Nikkor 105mm f2.8
HP laptop
Samsung & WD hard-drives
Hama Mini Traveller Pro Tripod x2
Gorillapod
Sirui P326 Monopod
Nikon SB700 x2
Pocket Wizard TT1
Pocket Wizard TT5 x2
Spare batteries & AA rechargeables
SD & CF memory cards x4
Lexar High Speed Card Reader
Motorola TKLR T80 radios x2
Dictaphone
Magura iphone powerpack
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Ciao
Cheers for having one of the coolest jobs... making MTB pics for a living.
Cheers again... haha (just an excuse to take another beer).
Cheers,