[pct-l] Umbrella Holder

[Scott Williams]

Hey Mademoiselle,

I snug my chest strap over the shaft of the umbrella and then pull it down
tight over my pack and my head and it usually stays right there.  If
there's a wind I'll use the shock cord loop at the bottom of my chrome dome
to hook to my belt with a small carabiner of even a small hook.  This way
in all but the worst of blows, I've been able to use both hiking poles when
walking or take pictures from under the umbrella without having to hold
onto it.  In a bad blow I just stow one pole and use a hand for the
umbrella.

The only time I had any equipment failure with an umbrella was when I was
using it in the sun in the deserts of NM on the Divide and tried to tango
with an ocotillo I couldn't see because of the brim of the umbrella.  It
broke one of the struts at its plastic hinge and put a few pin holes in the
fabric.  That evening I bored a very small hole with my knife in the
plastic piece and lashed it together with a bit of ZPacks line and it made
it all the rest of the way to Canada, no problems.

Shroomer


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:

> If you have a ULA pack with the little shock cord loops on the shoulder
> harness, it is pretty easy.  Drop the umbrella down through the pair of
> them on one side and cinch the loops tight around the handle.  I used a Go
> Lite Chrome Dome, which has its own loop with a cord lock.  I stretched
> that loop across my chest and cinched down the bottom shoulder loop on the
> opposite side of the pack around the umbrellas cord lock.  That locked the
> umbrella in pretty well, although it did continue to sway a bit.
>
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> > From: isabella at bendnet.com
> > To: alan.miller401 at gmail.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:21:53 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Umbrella Holder
> >
> > I'm hoping to get some feed back on attaching an umbrella to my pack
> strap.
> >
> > Thx in advance, Mademoisell
> >
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