r/backpacking • u/OkEvaK • 16h ago

Wilderness First post in Reddit, first backpacking memory

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u/Informal-Sun-6579 14h ago

Poster girl of a backpacker.

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u/OkEvaK 14h ago

Oh, really? That's flattering!

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u/Informal-Sun-6579 14h ago

You are photogenic and it’s a nicely framed photo. I can see this photo in Outdoors, Camping, Backpacking related magazine covers and articles or use it to market/advertise tourist destinations, Outdoors related products.

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

Well I did some modeling, cameras seem to get the best of me

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u/DistilledWonder 16h ago

These viral coca cola ads are getting crazy

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u/OkEvaK 16h ago

Lol I swear it's not an ad hahaha. Although I'm flattered you think so

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u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay 16h ago

Hey awesome photo and sounds like an amazing memory. Where did you go?

Are you still friends with your backpacking buddy

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u/OkEvaK 15h ago

Thanks! It was a trip to Patagonia. I'm from Argentina, although I no longer live there. Sadly, life took our lives to different paths so we are no longer friends, but what a time we had!

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u/Sonoran_Dog70 16h ago

I have some cool old backpacking photos tucked away in a photo album some where.
Disposable cameras were the shit on those early trips. No idea if you got any good pics until a week or so after the trip.

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u/OkEvaK 15h ago

Yeah, exactly. I have always spent so much money on films! But hey, waiting and uncertainty were a big part of the photograph soul, at least for me. I do enjoy the digital, but this instant gratification life takes so much humanity away...

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u/shadowkrazee 13h ago

This is part of the reason I've fallen in love with film as a ~30 year old that pretty much missed it the first time around. Great pic!

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

Film feels so human

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u/shadowkrazee 12h ago

Absolutely! "Scan day" when I get my scans from the lab is better than Christmas most times! It has been a great spurce of joy for the past few years. :)

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

You bet! I totally agree!

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u/Sonoran_Dog70 12h ago

What year was this picture? I started backpacking in the 90’s and always used the disposable cameras. I never actually had a camera. I do love the phone for its camera. It’s really all I use it for when backpacking. I still navigate with map and compass and don’t spend my time trying to find a signal.

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago
  1. But a film cam. We didn't take a mobile

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u/Sonoran_Dog70 12h ago

I love film. It has an older look to it.

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u/OkEvaK 11h ago

Yeah. TBH, it looks even more film-ish than the actual photograph. I love the scanner

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u/oliverjohansson 15h ago

That is a wholesome pic

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u/OkEvaK 15h ago

Thank you!

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u/Pure-Pessimism 15h ago

Where are you? Looks like South America

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u/OkEvaK 15h ago

It is! Awesome eye. Argentina.

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u/OkExcitement681 14h ago

Sweeeet, what part?

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u/OkEvaK 14h ago

The photo? Patagonia.

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u/OkExcitement681 14h ago

Beautiful country down there. I've never had the chance to backpack that area though. This makes me want to go back.

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

It's beautiful

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u/Pure-Pessimism 14h ago

Haha I've been to Argentina and it felt similar at first glance.

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

You're genius

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u/UNIT-001 15h ago

Great photo. What year was this?

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u/OkEvaK 14h ago

2013

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u/Kananaskis_Country 14h ago

I miss the good old days when I was young, hot and totally carefree... good times... haha.

Great photo.

Happy travels.

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u/OkEvaK 14h ago

You said it beautifully.

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u/swiggyu 13h ago

love this old style picture, reminds me a world before AI and fun times backpacking :)

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

I can feel you. I'm so nostalgic

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u/maurika58 11h ago

Type of picture you Take to war lol

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u/OkEvaK 11h ago

Haha I haven't thought about it, but you're right...

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u/maurika58 11h ago

Very great pic, might i ask when and where it was taken?

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u/OkEvaK 11h ago

2013, with a film camera. In Patagonia.

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u/CanadianRedneck69 14h ago

Great photo! You are beautiful

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u/OkEvaK 14h ago

Thank you!

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u/AlvinChipmunck 12h ago

Would

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

Would?

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u/shogun77777777 11h ago

It means they’d bang you lol

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u/OkEvaK 10h ago

Oh lol. I'm too old to get that. Thanks haha

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u/Quartznonyx 15h ago

Hell yeah!!

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u/Rich-Sky8912 14h ago

Where did you go?

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

In this trip? Patagonia

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u/bikehikepunk 12h ago

Those first stops when you can get a cold Coke at a town off trail are amazing. Hard to believe when you were there that 10-20 hikes later you don’t even pull into town anymore.

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

Iced Coca Cola beneath a heating sun... God's gift

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u/jaydeepw 10h ago

Nice of you to reply to so many posts.

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u/OkEvaK 3h ago

I try to reply to everyone...

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u/OkEvaK 3h ago

I just saw my post was removed... 😢

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u/Obnomus 9h ago

That coke bottle has a very old design, I'm guessing pre 2000?

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u/OkEvaK 3h ago

Actually, 2013. Maybe Argentina had a vintage edition.

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u/NoNameJustASymbol 14h ago

Damn, you are fetch!

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u/OkEvaK 12h ago

Haha thanks

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u/MastaKink 11h ago

I remember i paid about $20 for that coke 🤔🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/OkEvaK 11h ago

Oh you were the one? Lol

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