Hi, backpacking addicts!
I’ve built this site three weeks ago and I already got 13 pictures of you around the world! By the way, they are all AWESOME!
Reading your stories make me realize how many things this world as to offer to travellers.
Keep submitting your backpacking pictures!
Mathieu
Cerrotorre Gecko 55L ; )
“Najam and Baqir look out over the sprawling Hushe Valley spread out at their feet from the top of the high mountain pass Gondogoro La (5620m), steeling themselves for the kilometer long near vertical descent via fixed rope over treacherous scree and slippery ice to the beginning of the Gondogoro Glacier and the road home.
Laila (Peak) is visible in the background. “ - Ahmad
Backpack brand: Higher Adventure Equipment
Backpack model and capacity: Climb Light 70 liters
The location where you took the picture: Gondogoro La, Pakistan
Trip Length: 13 days
More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tree_elf/
Thanks to Ahmad Abdul Karim
“Separated by 50 feet (16m) from the nearest person for nearly 15 hours a day, with the only sounds being the crunch of the snow beneath your feet, the wind past your ears, and the subtle movements of the glacier, I had many hours with only my thoughts. I thought about life, I imagined eating something other than freeze-dried beans, and I sang songs, many, many bad songs mostly of the children’s bedtime variety, for hours a day. Note to self: pay more attention to the lyrics of songs you like.” - Talis
Backpack brand: Lowe Alpine
Backpack model and capacity: NOLS Special Expedition - 8000 cubic
The location where you took the picture: Waddington Range (British Columbia), Canada
Trip Length: 31 days
More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/talis/
Thanks to Talis Lin
“I spent 12 days travelling around Switzerland, because I had only that amount of time, I opted for using the train system to move around quickly and so being able to see as many places as I could fit in my schedule.
My favorite places are Zermat, Luzern and Soglio which is a very small village on the border with Italy.
Took one the world’s most amazing train rides, the Glacier Express between St. Moritz and Zermat. It has express just on its name, because its average speed isn’t even closer to an express train, but this doesn’t take away the spendour of the ride which takes you accross valleys and mountain passes.
Its a 7 1/2 hour railway journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass at 2’033 metres in altitude. A panoramic trip through the Alps in the heart of Switzerland. The Glacier Express travels a beautiful route between the sights of the Graubünden holiday region, central Switzerland, including Lake Lucerne and Lucerne itself, the sunny Valais region with its glacier landscape, and the beautiful regions of the South.
Did some hiking in Zermat surroundings, which are just stunning and has got amazing tracks well marked.” - Alessandro
Backpack brand: Lowepro
Backpack model and capacity: SlingShot 200 AW
The location where you took the picture: JungfrauJoch, Switzerland
Trip Length: 12 days
More info at: http://planetadventure.blogspot.com
More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetadventure/sets/
Thanks to Alessandro A Behling
P.S. from Mathieu - mytravelbackpack.com: I know, this is not a real travel backpack but I love the picture! 