[Philmont] The skinny on backpacks

Very creative solution. For most youth, (male or female) if the pack still fit as they grew, you could always modify, or eventually remove that extra padding. And, another use for duct tape.
Remember, if you can't fix, Duct-IT!!

Craig Winney
St Louis

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  From: vowelldk1@aol.com
  To: Philmont List Member
  Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 12:41 PM
  Subject: [Philmont] The skinny on backpacks

  We had one stick-thin girl and the smallest pack the troop owned still
  had a hip belt that was too large (single mom was not going to be able
  to afford to buy her a new pack). We cannabalized one of those blue
  closed cell foam pads, using the hip belt as a pattern and duct-taped
  it along the inside of the hip belt. It held up well and worked fine,
  other than being a bit sweatier than hip belts should be. We ran a row
  of duct tape parallel to the belt along the inside in order to prevent
  the seams in the perpendicular tape from chafing.

  Denise Vowell
  Crew 547
  Bailey's Crossroads, VA
  04 & 08

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Daniel Preston <prestonar@bellsouth.net>
  To: Philmont List Member <Philmont@troop47.com>
  Sent: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 7:13 pm
  Subject: [Philmont] The skinny on backpacks

  Steve tells a story of a very common problem that all advisors need to
  recognize. Many teenagers are too skinny for an adult men's backpack
  hip belt. Before your Scouts buy a new backpack, make sure they go to
  a full service outfitter that can properly fit them. Some internet
  sites look like great equipment deals, but if the pack does not fit, it
  is a waste of money. Parents frequently are not aware of the problem.
  They want their kids to have good gear and go looking for the great
  internet deal.

  Check your Scouts' hip belts. If they are cinched all the way up, they
  will likely have a problem. It can be a hard sell to a teenager, but a
  women's pack can solve the skinny Scout problem. I have a skinny 6'-3"
  20-year old son who has been a ranger at Philmont who still uses a
  women's pack.

  Dan Preston

> I had one Scout in 05 that his pack fit him at base camp, and on
> each day after that and when we picked up food after that he was in
> the back with me. He has lost enough weight that his hip belt was as
> tight as it would go and it still was loose. We were making saddle
> blankets to go around him to take up the girth he had lost.

>

> Steve Mac Intyre

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