Splitboarding in remote mountain ranges requires a lot of gear. When photography is added to the mix, the load doubles or even triples. It’s often heavy and awkward climbing up and sometimes dangerous on the way down. On top of that, the things you need often get buried which pretty much guarantees you’ll miss the shot if a lens needs to be changed.
Enter the Hyperlite Camera Pod. The set up mounted seamlessly to the front shoulder straps on my touring pack and provided just enough room to comfortably hold my Sony A7rIV with 16-35 lens attached. When paired with a camera clip, I could hold that same set up and use the pod to hold a 70-200. When it came time to descend, I could put the longer lens in my pack and zip up the body and wide lens in the pod for a secure ride down. Everything was at my finger tips, but the carry method was so light, I hardly noticed it.
When I bought the camera pod, it seemed like one of those things that might occasionally be useful, but now it’s an essential part of my touring kit.