TL;DR
JK I'm the other guy in this epic journey. Thanks for the kind words, and for anybody on the fence about doing ED this should really make the decision easy :-D.
Camera for most of the pics was the D7000 that i just got for the trip and sadly wasn't as comfortable with as i would have liked to be. (lenses 35mm 1.8, 10.5mm 2.8 fisheye, and 55-200mm 3.5-5.6)