Comments on: Choosing Your First Backpack – Let Weight Guide You http://lightbackpacking.com/2007/07/28/choosing-your-first-backpack-let-weight-guide-you/ Ideas, advice, news and reviews, to help you become "one with your pack" Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:08:26 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sandra Lewi http://lightbackpacking.com/2007/07/28/choosing-your-first-backpack-let-weight-guide-you/comment-page-1/#comment-15404 Sandra Lewi Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:52:26 +0000 http://lightbackpacking.com/2007/07/28/choosing-your-first-backpack-let-weight-guide-you/#comment-15404 I found your site while looking for backpack alternatives. I've been shrinking my hiking gear down over the years and got it down to a science with a lumbar pack that has a foldout top for extra items. But now I want to carry gear without the weight of a pack. I remember a strap system from several years back and am trying to figure out the best way to do it myself. I've been carrying lightweight waterproof stuff sacks with my "zones" strapped on top and under the lumbar pack. The hygiene/health zone, the kitchen zone, the water zone, and the shelter zone. I did that to make it easier to get into a zone, do what needs doing, then pack it right up again. The kitchen doesn't have a kitchen sink, but it does have basic foodstuffs, eating utensils, metal cup/pot, Esbit wing stove, firestarter, and snacks. The water zone is a pound by itself and has the water filter, sweetwater drops, collapsible "bucket", and plastic bags. A head scarf would double as a coarse filter. The things I seem to need all the time are in a tummy pack, like hygiene/health. The kitchen zone is inside the lumbar pack. But I think there has to be a way to attach these items to my person without having a 14 oz or larger backpack apparatus to do it. Just some random musings here. Maybe someone else has figured this out. I found your site while looking for backpack alternatives. I’ve been shrinking my hiking gear down over the years and got it down to a science with a lumbar pack that has a foldout top for extra items. But now I want to carry gear without the weight of a pack. I remember a strap system from several years back and am trying to figure out the best way to do it myself. I’ve been carrying lightweight waterproof stuff sacks with my “zones” strapped on top and under the lumbar pack. The hygiene/health zone, the kitchen zone, the water zone, and the shelter zone. I did that to make it easier to get into a zone, do what needs doing, then pack it right up again.

The kitchen doesn’t have a kitchen sink, but it does have basic foodstuffs, eating utensils, metal cup/pot, Esbit wing stove, firestarter, and snacks. The water zone is a pound by itself and has the water filter, sweetwater drops, collapsible “bucket”, and plastic bags. A head scarf would double as a coarse filter.

The things I seem to need all the time are in a tummy pack, like hygiene/health. The kitchen zone is inside the lumbar pack. But I think there has to be a way to attach these items to my person without having a 14 oz or larger backpack apparatus to do it. Just some random musings here. Maybe someone else has figured this out.

]]> By: Bruce http://lightbackpacking.com/2007/07/28/choosing-your-first-backpack-let-weight-guide-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3428 Bruce Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:48:20 +0000 http://lightbackpacking.com/2007/07/28/choosing-your-first-backpack-let-weight-guide-you/#comment-3428 Laura, Thanks for your kind comments. And, keep up the good work on your blog. Bruce Laura,

Thanks for your kind comments. And, keep up the good work on your blog.

Bruce

]]> By: Laura http://lightbackpacking.com/2007/07/28/choosing-your-first-backpack-let-weight-guide-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Laura Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:37:49 +0000 http://lightbackpacking.com/2007/07/28/choosing-your-first-backpack-let-weight-guide-you/#comment-2363 <p>Hi,<br /> My name is Laura, and I work with MyOutdoorTv.com. If you haven't heard, MyOutdoorTV is the #1 website for outdoor TV shows. We recently added a blog section to our site. We love your blog, and we added it as a link. Thanks for providing such great content, and let us know if there's any content we can provide you with. Thanks again and keep blogging!<br /> All the best,<br /> Laura</p> Hi,
My name is Laura, and I work with MyOutdoorTv.com. If you haven’t heard, MyOutdoorTV is the #1 website for outdoor TV shows. We recently added a blog section to our site. We love your blog, and we added it as a link. Thanks for providing such great content, and let us know if there’s any content we can provide you with. Thanks again and keep blogging!
All the best,
Laura

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