#Vanlife Reality with Ian Zinner
Getting out to experience new and unfamiliar places has always be an important part of life for Kelly and I. Between COVID changing how the world operated, to our wedding being postponed from April 2020 to April 2022, the yearning to wander further than a few hours from home grew more and more as time passed. So, when one of our good friends offered to let us borrow his van as a wedding gift, we immediately started planning a trip. Kelly and I had never experienced van life, but we knew this would be the perfect opportunity to dip our...
Traveling to Rapa Nui with the FirstLight 35L+
Our friend, Therese Iknoian from Hi Travel Tales, recently returned from a trip to Rapa Nui (Easter Island). She brought the new FirstLight 35L+ backpack with her and wrote this piece about what it's like to venture to one of the most remote corners of our planet. Rapa Nui: adventure to the most isolated place in the world by Therese Iknoian Does your bucket list include a trip to Rapa Nui a.k.a. Easter Island, as so many do? Mine surprisingly didn’t, not really. But when the opportunity came up to head to this remote island off the coast of South...
Bears, Birds, and Bucket Lists with Dawn Wilson
Photographers know all about bucket-list items. We use our cameras like a passport into the world, driving us to achieve that rare and unique capture of a landscape, animal or night sky. Even with all I have already witnessed, I still have many on my own, very lengthy bucket list. Photograph polar bears in Svalbard, get down low in the sand with penguins in Antarctica, play in snowy conditions with muskox in Alaska, admire the beauty of giraffes in Africa, document the misty scenes of rutting elk in a rainforest, and capture the spring beauty of the Palouse are just...
Shape Shifter Hits the Deck at 80mph!
We receive some incredible customer photos and stories, but this recent email from Abbie Leigh really jumped out at us: Just wanted to give you a major huge THANK YOU for creating such an awesome bag! The Shape Shifter bag has traveled countless countries with me and has also transported all my gear while on a motorcycle. I was a wedding and event photographer in San Francisco and every gig I did was via motorcycle. My latest adventure is why I am writing to you. I was in a motorcycle accident this June after hitting a massive pothole on the...