Mission to the moon

Packing for a five week mission to the moonscape of Petersburg Alaska is a interesting task. It starts several weeks in advance in the form of Primary, secondary, and tertiary piles of equipment, gear, and comfort items. Books, magazines, computer, water colors, music, pens and pads, movies, and spare parts make up the entertainment and sanity pile. Avy gear, harness, radio, survival gear, helmet cams, batteries, cameras, protective pads, gloves, monoscope, Ripxx, and tools are part of the equipment list. Skis, backpack, boots and outerwear make up the standard gear list. All this packed into a ski bag, a duffel, and a backpack with a total weight of nearly 150 lbs. And really I am traveling light, most of the things in the tertiary pile got left behind or canceled out by a lighter counter part.  Non the less we are here, and all ready most everything has come into play.

4 Responses to “Mission to the moon”


  1. 1 Chris

    Is that dog food in the upper right of your shot?

  2. 2 Rupert Shanks

    Sage,
    Cool blog by the way - keeps me sane in the office on a Monday morning. That tilt shift lense is awesome - which one is it? In fact a lot of the blog photos are good - are they usually yours?
    Th

  3. 3 sage

    Chris,
    good eye… gota eat while we are there! … kidding, that is cat food for Chompers, and butter the two house cats.

  4. 4 sage

    Rupert,
    thanks, glad you like the blog.. The tilt shift is a fake, I used a online site that gives the effect in post. The photos are mostly mine, with the exception of photos of me, at which point I give photo credit to whom ever.

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