[at-l] picture! Fwd: RE: [BackpackingLight] frameless packs; load limits; weight transfer

[sloetoe at yahoo.com (Sloetoe)]

Just posted a picture to 
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/backpackinglight/
that at least shows some of the side view strap ideas...
black (unseen) is suspension,
light blue is clamshell compression
red is suspension Delta straps...

In the picture, the pack has a base weight of around 18 winter
pounds, and is either near-empty of food or has a bunch of
heavy/dense stuff on top. (I forget, I was headed for the summit
of Springer for New Year's Eve -- it was the end of a great hike
from Fontana). The upper delta strap was soon adjusted another
1" higher around back, and I think it's stayed there.

Happy hiking.
--- Sloetoe <sloetoe@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:45:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sloetoe <sloetoe@yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: [BackpackingLight] frameless packs; load limits;
> weight transfer
> To: Erin Crouch <erin@danno.tzo.com>
> 
> --- Erin Crouch <erin@danno.tzo.com> wrote:
> > where did you get your delta strap from?  Thanks, Erin
> 
> It was installed as part of the customization by Moonbow. One
> strap is mounted to the hip belt at 0* angle, headed around
> back through the three daisy chains (running vertically up the
> pack)
> -- just as most load control straps are. The second "delta"
> strap is mounted at ~40* angle backward, and is also routed
> through the three daisy chains. This makes the degree of angle
> way adjustable according to the load, but in practice, I have
> not touched it once it's been dialed in, through a wide
> variety of loads and weights.
> 
> The "Sloetoe Special" is
> 
> -- packcloth GearSkin body
> -- "heavy duty" hip belt
> -- "heavy duty" shoulder straps
> -- two drain rivets in fold of GearSkin
> -- 3 full length daisy chains on back of GearSkin
> -- Mesh/towel pocket just above hip belt
> -- 0* and 40* attachment straps (w/quick release clips) on hip
> belt, with 2 daisy chain loops incorporated for attachments.
> -- Different color straps used for suspension (black),
> GearSkin
> (light blue) and delta straps (bright red), so I can tell them
> apart on a dark night with mittens and blowing weather and
> [oh!].
> --(Not needed) GearSkin straps mounted male-female on one
side,
> and female-male on the other, so that if the load were really
> light, one could run the straps from one side all the way over
> to the other side and have them match up female-male. (NOT
> needed -- in practice, your gear will always provide enough
> bulk -- even empty of food -- for a good "ride" of the pack.
> 
> Let me know if this makes no sense....
>