My Travel Backpack

MyTravelBackpack.com’s 2nd Photo Contest, sponsored by 100% Pure New Zealand, is over.Thanks for everyone who submitted pictures of the them and their backpack somewhere cool in New Zealand! Here are the finalists :

John Walking the Tongariro Crossing

Jeremy Enjoying an Amazing Scenery on the Routeburn Track

Mark and His Friend on Their Way to the Top

Martin Walking the Kepler Track

Heather Enjoying an Amazing Scenery in Nelson Lakes National Park

Karsten Napping in Whirinaki

Nick Walking in the Tararua’s

… and the winner is…

Ben Ridge

Heather Enjoying an Amazing Scenery in Nelson Lakes National Park

See full resolution picture here.

Ben wins a Kelty Tahoma daypack sponsored by 100% Pure New Zealand!!!

“On behalf of 100% Pure New Zealand, we’d thank everyone for participating in the MyTravelBackpack photo contest, and wish a congratulations to the winner, Ben with his fantastic Nelson Lakes National Park photo. The choice was a difficult one, as we received some gorgeous and masterfully shot photos, but in the end, Ben’s panoramic photo captured the sweeping beauty of New Zealand’s landscapes in a way that would make any backpacker want to get up and go. Enjoy the daypack, Ben. Here’s hoping that it’s part of many great photo-taking expeditions to come!” - Eric Hansen

Thanks everyone and keep submitting pictures to MyTravelBackpack.com! ; )

“Nick (shown in photo, with his absolutely beautiful Macpac Torre - A genuine antique.) and I met in Nelson Lakes NP when I came to NZ to do some tramping. That trip changed me - From then on I knew that NZ would just keep calling me back. What an amazing place. Nick told me to ring him next time I was over, and I did. He organised a 2-day walk in his stomping ground - the Tararua’s. An amazing walk - quite different to the walks I did in the south island. (One thing was in common - rain!)
I’ll be back again though. I can feel it calling me!” - David

Backpack brand: Macpac
Backpack model and capacity: Cascade, 90L
The location where you took the picture: Tararua’s, New Zealand
Trip Length: 2 days
More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_gwyther/

Thanks to David Gwyther, the photographer.
Should David win our New Zealand photo contest?