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<blockquote data-quote="hammertyme" data-source="post: 294247" data-attributes="member: 12863"><p>I have lived and back pack hunted here in Alaska since 1976. I have tried every pack I could get my hands on in the first twenty of those years. SInce 1982 when I bought my first Camp Trails, its been my pack of choice.</p><p> </p><p>What fits your torso is way more important than anything else. I have several different frame sized Camp trails freighter packs. Picked up a small unused one at a Garage sale this past weekend for $25. for my wife. Fifteen years ago I went to a mountain climbing school pack shop and had a internal frame pack built for my wife. She is slight of frame and tough as nails. To carry a 50 pound plus awkward meat load one must have a very tough pack. The Kelty back pack she has is very good for her as 60 pounds is all she should carry. The Kelty is still doing a great Job put she needs to use my smaller Camp trails when we are hauling heavy loads into the back country. The shelf is great for boxes of goods or hauling a 135 pound brown bear hide. </p><p> </p><p>AN example of extreme is we each carried 35 pound packs into the back country for a week long goat hunt. Set up camp leaving everything but spotting scope,camera and essential items. SHe shot her goat the second day in. ( 5 miles) Because of where the goat was on the ridge I had her shoot high through both shoulders to break the back bone. SO boned usuable meat was 75 pounds. Goats front shoulders are larger than hind quarters. I emptied the essentials from my pack into her Kelty and carried all meat back to camp. Then I still had the original 35 pounds of gear to carry out in addition to the meat. It is not the weight as much as the surface area and tie downs that have allowed us to do things like this for decades. I still have my first Camp trails. I have carried it so much that the aluminum bags pins have had to be replaced several times. SO I quit replacing and used 1/4 stainless steel bolts.</p><p> </p><p>That belly strap as it was referred to is actually the waist belt. Essential to fit as the packs I carry after an hour or two will literally cut off circulation to ones arms. A proper fitting padded waste belt is used to place the heavy loads on your legs and not your back.</p><p> </p><p>Food for thought.</p><p> </p><p>Neal</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hammertyme, post: 294247, member: 12863"] I have lived and back pack hunted here in Alaska since 1976. I have tried every pack I could get my hands on in the first twenty of those years. SInce 1982 when I bought my first Camp Trails, its been my pack of choice. What fits your torso is way more important than anything else. I have several different frame sized Camp trails freighter packs. Picked up a small unused one at a Garage sale this past weekend for $25. for my wife. Fifteen years ago I went to a mountain climbing school pack shop and had a internal frame pack built for my wife. She is slight of frame and tough as nails. To carry a 50 pound plus awkward meat load one must have a very tough pack. The Kelty back pack she has is very good for her as 60 pounds is all she should carry. The Kelty is still doing a great Job put she needs to use my smaller Camp trails when we are hauling heavy loads into the back country. The shelf is great for boxes of goods or hauling a 135 pound brown bear hide. AN example of extreme is we each carried 35 pound packs into the back country for a week long goat hunt. Set up camp leaving everything but spotting scope,camera and essential items. SHe shot her goat the second day in. ( 5 miles) Because of where the goat was on the ridge I had her shoot high through both shoulders to break the back bone. SO boned usuable meat was 75 pounds. Goats front shoulders are larger than hind quarters. I emptied the essentials from my pack into her Kelty and carried all meat back to camp. Then I still had the original 35 pounds of gear to carry out in addition to the meat. It is not the weight as much as the surface area and tie downs that have allowed us to do things like this for decades. I still have my first Camp trails. I have carried it so much that the aluminum bags pins have had to be replaced several times. SO I quit replacing and used 1/4 stainless steel bolts. That belly strap as it was referred to is actually the waist belt. Essential to fit as the packs I carry after an hour or two will literally cut off circulation to ones arms. A proper fitting padded waste belt is used to place the heavy loads on your legs and not your back. Food for thought. Neal [/QUOTE]
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