My new Stone Glacier Pack just arrived.......

[mtnwrunner]

Stone Glacier Ultralight Backpacks Holy smokes! Just received my new Stone Glacier Approach pack yesterday-----man, I am impressed. Can hardly wait to use it in the Idaho high country. You have to like a very stable and functional pack that weighs 3.6 pounds but yet can carry a huge load.
And the owner, Kurt Raciot is a class act and he ACTUALLY answers all emails in a timely manner. They're spendy but as the saying goes----you get what you pay for and man, is that ever true.

Randy

 

[Joel Russo]

Great, now I'll be buying a new pack.

 

[mtnwrunner]

Great, now I'll be buying a new pack.

YES, JOEL, YOU WILL. So, get this. With this pack, my spike out sleeping system (tent, pad and bag + pack) will be at less than 10 pounds.
A man can't have too many packs...................

Randy

 

[Salmo]

Please start breaking that sucker in and let me know how it goes!!!

 

[Joel Russo]

YES, JOEL, YOU WILL. So, get this. With this pack, my spike out sleeping system (tent, pad and bag + pack) will be at less than 10 pounds.
A man can't have too many packs...................

Randy

My J34 weighs a little less than that empty.... No wonder my arse was dragging on the last sheep hunt.

Just when I think I have all the gear, someone helps me spend more money.

 

[mtnwrunner]

My J34 weighs a little less than that empty.... No wonder my arse was dragging on the last sheep hunt.

Just when I think I have all the gear, someone helps me spend more money.

Like you NEED an excuse to spend money......
And I know what you mean about a lot of other packs---they weigh that much almost without anything in them. Seriously though, go to his website and check his products out. Kurt is a avid sheep hunter and he is the real deal. He's got a photo of him with 340 pounds of steel plates loaded in his pack. That's about what you can pack, right???

Randy

 

[SidecarFlip]

Thats a nice pack (went and looked at all the specs). Made in USA too. Thats novel in as much as E'stocks are made in the Orient...but marketed here. I may buy one just for that fact (made here)....

 

[mtnwrunner]

Thats a nice pack (went and looked at all the specs). Made in USA too. Thats novel in as much as E'stocks are made in the Orient...but marketed here. I may buy one just for that fact (made here)....

And that's a **** good reason.

Randy

 

[Joel Russo]

Like you NEED an excuse to spend money......
He's got a photo of him with 340 pounds of steel plates loaded in his pack. That's about what you can pack, right???

Randy

It's only money

My packing days are over....

 

[SidecarFlip]

It's only money

My packing days are over....

Mine aren't and I bet I'm a helluva lot older than you. The trick is to get someone or something else to carry the big stuff........

Just the other day, my wife told me I might be going packing.... Wonder what she meant???

Back to the pack, I can't bring myself to buy a pair of Kennetrecs. **** things are Itallian made (no offense Mr. Russo)....

 

[mtnwrunner]

It's only money

My packing days are over....

Me TOO! That's why I have TC, Murphy, Ed, Chance, Abby, Whisky, Cinnabar, Gatito and Matty. They all make short work out of an elk.

Randy

 

[Joel Russo]

Mine aren't and I bet I'm a helluva lot older than you. The trick is to get someone or something else to carry the big stuff........


Back to the pack, I can't bring myself to buy a pair of Kennetrecs. **** things are Itallian made (no offense Mr. Russo)....

You probably are older than me, the problem is... I'm always the guy that has to carry everyone else's stuff.

No offense taken at all.

The Kennetrecs will fit your feet like the Ferrari will fit your arse...

 

[SidecarFlip]

I can't afford a Ferrari. Maybe a Yugo. I'm sure they do. I bought a pair of Meindl's last year (German engineering like BMW). They fit fine but I cringed because they weren't made here.

Far as carring stuff, thats what pack animals are for......

Even a dog can wear panniers.

 

[Joel Russo]

I've worn a pair of Meindl's on the last few sheep hunts, and they were kind to my dogs.. I like the stiff sole, as it tends to help while traversing the shale slides... at least while I was still on my feet..

I felt like a pack animal on the last few hunts

Can't wait for Randy to give us the skinny on the field test..