今年的装备 Ultralight 轻量化努力

去年八月从Upper Yosemite Falls Trailhead出发去Eagle Peak backpacking的时候,我用的很多装备都是七八年以前购买的,其中背包Kelty Tornado 4200甚至是十几年前我在国内买的。虽然用了十几年但也没什么大问题,唯一的问题就是比较重。

最近半年计划了一条5天的线路(之后再详细讲一讲),这样就需要携带很多食品,加上去年所使用的装备,怕是40 lb都搞不定。于是大概在二三月份的时候,开始盘算着把过去几年攒下的旧装备慢慢进行轻量化升级。

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Plan for 2024 Yosemite Backpacking

Here is the plan I prepared for the backpacking trip in Yosemite National Park, June 2024. I reserved the wilderness permit for Glacier Point – Little Yosemite Valley, and few nights of Pines campground in the valley.

What’s the plan?

Camping

Camping in the wilderness of Yosemite NP requires a permit. I already reserved a permit for 2 people from June 18 (Tue.) to June 22 (Saturday., can be changed), for Glacier Point – Little Yosemite Valley trailhead, which is also eligible for Half Dome hiking. It needs to be picked up from the office on June 17. Please see below for more details. And also, we need to follow the wilderness regulation of Yosemite NP. Few important points:

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Generate *.dcp Camera Profile for Camera Calibration on macOS

This post is a tutorial for digital camera calibration on macOS Sonoma 14 with open source tools. I followed this article on RawTherapee website, but made some modification based on changes in new operating system.

Why not just using the software from the vendor to do this? So far some of the software like the ColorChecker Camera Calibration only generate a 173B *.dcp file from the DNG raw file, which looks very fishy.

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2023 Best Nine

The post features personal travel preferences and destinations including Spirit Island in Maligne Lake, Alberta, Canada; Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Pyramid Lake, Alberta, Canada; Half Dome, California, US; Two Jack Lake, Alberta, Canada; Grassi Lake, Alberta, Canada; Fujiyoshida, Japan; and Tunnel View, California, US.

纯凭个人喜好选择。

Spirit Island in Maligne Lake, Alberta, Canada.

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Pyramid Lake, Alberta, Canada

Half Dome, California, US

Two Jack Lake, Alberta, Canada

Grassi Lake, Alberta, Canada

Fujiyoshida, Japan

Tunnel View, California, US

Fujiyoshida, Japan