[pct-l] chest strap

[msarahm at cox.net (Sarah)]

Yes, I do use a chest strap.   Good point.
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I wrote:
A mountaineering friend gave me a tip a couple years ago that I've found 
helpful: unbuckle your hip belt before making a rock-climbing-ish move. 
This prevents the situation where you're leaning forward and the pack 
weight suddenly flops over your head, interfering with your balance. 
Without the hip belt buckled, the pack tends to hang heavily on your 
shoulders.

Maybe this is common knowledge, but it was new to me a couple years ago. 
It's especially useful off trail.
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Another person wrote:
 >From my experience (climbing, mtneering, ski mtneernig...), unbuckling 
would only make the matter worse.  To really prevent what you are 
talking about, you need to have a chest strap.  Many light-weight packs 
don't have those though, so the waist buckle would be better than 
nothing....if you have a waist strap on your pack.
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Either the same person (?) or another person wrote:
If I'm climbing with a pack, both chest and waist belts are buckled and 
snugged up.  I've had too many packs flip over my head and wobble from 
side to side to do otherwise.

I'd be interested in hearing what other say.