Re: [pct-l] homemade packs

[Jim Serio <jim@rollercoaster.com>]

> I designed and constructed packs for Mike and I to take this summer; we used
> them on shakedowns so I'm fairly confident in their capacity to hold the volume

Jen,
   My concern about the packs was mainly how confortable
it would be to my back, and the lack of a hip belt. Anyone
who has had a chepo backpack with no rigid back coushin
in college knows how the books, or uneven objects project
right through the nylon into your back. Did you make any
reinforcements to the material for teh back side? If you
wouldn't mind posting the materials you used that would
benefit myself and others I'm sure.

Regards,
   Jim
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