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[pct-l] Pack Design Help



On the PCT, you really won't need a compass, GPS, etc. very much, or at all. 
So, if you carry one, stash it out of the way - emergency use only.

As for maps, most just use the guidebook sections - no extras. And they can 
be folded or rolled up.

The data book sections are also somewhat useful - very small. But, often it 
is difficult to figure out where you are: 2nd road, big stream, old jeep 
track, etc. are a little cryptic. Yogi's sections also can be useful. You 
could transcribe data from multiple sources onto one book.

In easy to reach pocket: camera, maybe snacks.

Pocket should be waterproof - or contents can be put in plastic bags.

I normally just rolled up the guide book section, put it in a plastic bag, 
and stuck it next to my water bottle.

Consider small pockets on a hip belt - like the ULA or Six Moon Designs 
packs.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Lissner" <mlissner@benchpro.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Pack Design Help


> Hey. I'm working on designing a pack that is similar to the Gossamer
> Gear G4, but with a map pocket of sorts on one side. I was planning on
> making it fit a regular map and compass, but then I realized that odds
> are good that those are not what I would be using during the trip.
>
> This question goes out to past thru-hikers. What did you use as a map
> during the trek, and was there anything that you kept with it? I'm
> thinking about making it fit the cut-up guidebook sections, but I am
> not sure if it should fit them, the databook, and yogi's little book,
> something else altogether, or just the guidebook sections.
>
> Feel free to think outside of the box. The real question is, if you
> had one pocket that was really easy to access with the pack on, what
> would you put in it, assuming you had another that was much bigger and
> fairly easy to access with the pack on.
>
> Hope that makes sense. If not, ask me what I am driving at, and I'll
> be glad to try to explain further what I want this pocket to be.
>
> Thanks
>
> -mike
>
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