Filming the whole thing

If I did it again I would not take a lot of what is here. The camera. A Canon 5D Mark III. It is a really heavy camera and unfortunately I had nothing lighter, but next trip I will genuinely try to bring something simpler. Lenses. I took two, a 24-105 and a wide. I would drop the wide and take only the 24-105 — partly the weight, since two lenses are heavy, and partly because swapping them while walking was never convenient. I would give one up. Drone. A DJI Mini 4 Pro, which I loved. The only annoyance is that the controller weighs more than the drone does. I am going to look for a way not to carry that controller, or a drone you can fly from the phone — it takes a lot of weight and a lot of room. I also carried a spare battery and spare props, which weigh almost nothing and are worth having. Power. Two 20,000 mAh banks. With all this gear you need them, and they weigh on the pack. There is not much to be done about it — it is part of filming while you trek. If you are carrying a lot of camera gear, plan for two. I also carried two chargers, so that whenever I stopped for an hour at midday in a restaurant or a hut I could charge as much as possible at once — phone, bank, GoPro, all of it. That is just what it is like when you are filming. Microphone — unnecessary. I never used it once. It just took up space. The shoulder clip. You attach the camera to a clip on the shoulder strap. With a camera as big and heavy as mine it is not comfortable at all — it pulled on my whole shoulder, and I moved it inside the pack. I have seen people using a chest mount instead, which I might consider. With something heavy, I would not take the shoulder clip. GoPro. Really good and convenient, and you can prop it anywhere and let it run. What I kept wanting was more varied angles, which is what made me regret not having a 360 camera — I had never tried one, but I saw a lot of people filming with them and I think it suits the kind of trip I did much better. I intend to buy one for the next trek. Phone. Mine was already old, and the battery started draining very fast, which finished off my power situation. With a newer phone you can get much better angles and quality — good enough that people struggle to tell it from a camera. And the one thing I would take again without thinking: a Boox e-reader. It has nothing to do with filming, but it was one of the most enjoyable things I brought. It will genuinely pass the time for you, especially if you like reading, and you can load anything onto it in Hebrew or English.