It's me again, Margaret. The last couple of years I've hauled my kit over the mountain in a Domke F2 with the backpack straps. This is fine for short trips, but when I'm climbing a rickety ladder 6500 ft above sea level it's not so good. It tends to sway a lot and puts all of the weight on my shoulders. So this year I decided to do it right and get a new backpack.
But I didn't. I put it off too long and the local shops don't have anything I'm interested in. However! I do have an external frame hiking pack that I've never used. (It was one of those things I just "had to have".) I pulled the pack off the frame, slipped the strap rings on the Domke over the mounting posts and then zip tied them to the frame so they wouldn't slip off. There's a low strap for a stuff sack that I lashed around my tripod, but I'm not sure it's going to work very well. I'd like to carry it vertically, but I may have to settle for what I have. Anyone ever do anything like this? If you don't mind, take a look and tell me your impressions. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Framepack -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
