Scott - I'd try to lash the tripod vertically from the top crossbar. the way you show it - laying sideways, I'd be concerned with snagging it on some brush etc.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: backpack hack > 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.
