20 October 2008
What a Drag
Posted by admin under: Equipment .
I’m just getting around to catching up on some of the posts at thescoutmasterminute.com and this one, which is something he referenced from another (isn’t it great how we can just keep passing along good advice?), sounds like something to continue to share.
Compliments of our friends at GORP, the GORP gear pro Keith Morton gives us a great tip how to keep your heavy stuff in the top section of your pack.
Fight Gravity’s Drag
Pin a stuff bag inside the pack to stop dense items from gravitating downward.
Murphy’s Law of the Inconvenient Migration of Stuff means that dense items (especially water bottles, hydration systems, large cameras, and fuel) tend to gravitate to the bottom of your pack, especially when the pack is not full and tightly packed. Those are precisely the items that often need to be handy and whose weight should be up high and close to your back between your shoulder blades for easy carrying.
- Don’t Waste Fuel
- Taking Care of Yourself
- Brett Backpacking with Bears
- Backpack Indexing
- Gear Guy Talks White Gas
