> It looks to me as though the load is rather low, and > extends rather far back. This might make it rather > tiring to carry.
Low is better to keep the center of gravity low, the higher it is the tippier you'll be. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Womer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: backpack hack > 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. -- 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.
