Scott, It looks to me as though the load is rather low, and extends rather far back. This might make it rather tiring to carry.
Rick --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
