Frameless 40L, about 9kg loaded. Whatever I do with the load lifters and hip belt, by hour two all the pressure is on a narrow line across my collarbones and I'm shrugging constantly. Torso length is measured and…
Three season UK hills, usually four nights. 8.4kg base: 1.9kg tent (two person, used solo), 1.4kg pack, 1.1kg sleeping bag, 550g mat, 480g stove kit with a 1.2L pot, 900g of clothing including a fleece and a hardshell,…
850 fill, rated 2C comfort, and I've been cold twice now on nights around 3C. Not dangerously, but awake and shivering by 4am. Sleeping in base layers on a 3.2 R value inflatable, in a single skin shelter. I'm a cold…
Four nights on the west coast in July, and I already carry poles. Tarp plus bug inner is 640g and packs tiny, the freestanding tent is 1080g and pitches on rock or boardwalk. Saving 440g matters to me but so does being…
Four multi day trips now and day one is always awful. The pack feels wrong, everything aches, I question the entire idea by lunchtime. From day two I'm completely fine and by day three I don't want to go home. Is this a…