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Re: [AT-L] Pack Survey
I just got your e-mail on this. My response is biased and unfair--I
make packs for a living. But I have to say that alot of short people
(and I am one) have told me that my pack (Natural Balance) is the only
one that would fit their short torso's.
The reason is that the back length on mine is very adjustable- up to
about 8-10 inches. Couple that with two frame sizes, and you cover an
enormous range of torso lengths.
Furthermore the backlength on my packs is adjustable with the pack on!
So it is easier to adjust, and you can do it with the pack fully
loaded. Plus you can make micro adjustmanets on the trail.
You probably didn't know that your back length changes by up to half an
inch when you lean forward gpoing up hill! I change the back length as
easily as tightening a shoulder strap every time I change from
predominantly uphill to predominantly downhill terrain. Often I change
the backlength just to vary the amount of weight on the shoulders vs.
the hips. You know the shorter the backlength the more weight you
carry on your shoulders; but let the back length get too long and the
pack starts to fall away from your back forcing you to bend forward at
the waist and that puts strain on your lower back ligiaments. Just
right all the time is really nice!
Steve
Steve: Adventure Travel Leader & Manufacturer of World's Most
Comfortable Backpacks
http://www.sanasys.com/balance
515 472-7918
"And the end of all our explorings will be to arrive at the place where
we started, and know the place for the first time" --T.S. Eliot