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.
Side view
Load sling view
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.
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
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...
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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