[pct-l] How to put on your backpack

[Tortoise]

I started doing this in the '80s when another hiker showed me. I was using 
an A16 external frame pack with the wrap-around wings.

I do look around to make sure I haven't lost anything out or didn't put it 
back in. I keep the side pockets cinched down to make sure water bottles 
don't come out on the trail. And most stuff in the rear pocket is attached 
by lanyards to the pack also to avoid potential loss. I lost or left behind 
a GoLite umbrella a couple years ago so it now has a lanyard when I'm 
carrying it.

Tortoise

<>  Because truth matters.<>

All content is copyrighted. Reproduction is is expressly prohibited without the express permission of the author.


On 2011.09.14 20:07, Nathan Miller wrote:
>> early 1970s,  we would put on our Kelty
>> framed packs the same way. Some things never change, 'cept
>> I don't put my
>> ULA pack on like that today. Tortoise, always look around
>> for stuff that
>> fell out before you walk on.
> I used to put on my 1980's external frame like that, too.  I never liked the way the base of the pack would slam against my lower back, though--okay, maybe it was my middle back, but I still didn't like it.  Yes, I sometimes lost something, especially when I started carrying a Platypus right under the upper flap--it would slide out every other, er, mount-up.  I don't put my much-lighter internal frame set-up like that either.  I think it's because I've dropped a lot of weight off my load and I don't feel like I have to use that method, which seemed to work really well with heavy loads that were hard to manipulate otherwise.
>
> -Nate the Trail Zombie
> Newberg, OR
>
> _______________________________________________
> Pct-L mailing list
> Pct-L at backcountry.net
> To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>
> List Archives:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
> All content is copyrighted by the respective authors.
> Reproduction is is prohibited without express permission.
>