Since I had it packed last night... this is an unwrapping of sorts. It weighed in at ~58 lbs last night with partial food and no water. I have it packed with all of my outerwear for October so my field run this weekend will be lighter. I did wear it around in the basement for 10-15 minutes and did not notice any uncomfortable spots.

Photos and some explanations follow. I will update this thread after I have it in the field.

Loaded. Notice the black straps at the top. These are extension of 1" webbing and some additional buckles.
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Side view
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Load sling view
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Load sling opened. The top and sling covered the shelter (top left corner).
You can see the compression wings were used to contain the lower portion of the pack.
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Compression wings undone and bottom folded down.
From top to bottom the stuff sacks contain
  • Food, water filter, FAK, 2L pot
  • Tools, parts, personals, batteries
  • Base layers, socks, etc...
  • Outerwear

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Stuff sacks removed reveals the stove and folding saw. Green bag is the end plates, the blue stuff sack is the roll-up stove pipe, body, legs, etc...
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Inside the tarp wrap is my thermarest and 0deg synthetic bag. Packing the sleeping bag like this spreads the bulk out over the entire pack.
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Wrap removed reveals the camelback. The camelback is attached to the webbing at the top of the pack.
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Camelback can flip up and reveals the pockets in compression wing and the pack frame
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Last edited by thumper338; 08/18/11.