[pct-l] How to put on your backpack

[Nathan Miller]

> early 1970s,  we would put on our Kelty 
> framed packs the same way. Some things never change, 'cept
> I don't put my 
> ULA pack on like that today. Tortoise, always look around
> for stuff that 
> fell out before you walk on.

I used to put on my 1980's external frame like that, too.  I never liked the way the base of the pack would slam against my lower back, though--okay, maybe it was my middle back, but I still didn't like it.  Yes, I sometimes lost something, especially when I started carrying a Platypus right under the upper flap--it would slide out every other, er, mount-up.  I don't put my much-lighter internal frame set-up like that either.  I think it's because I've dropped a lot of weight off my load and I don't feel like I have to use that method, which seemed to work really well with heavy loads that were hard to manipulate otherwise.

-Nate the Trail Zombie
Newberg, OR