From: Steve Mac Intyre (smacintyre.asm@attglobal.net)
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 14:57:44 CST
You can also make these. Use a 3/4 inch webbing, D rings and sew it up.
Sew the web to make the loop fit in the D ring and slip it through your
shoulder straps where it is sewn together. I have a Kelty Super Tioga and
we have made these straps for packs and they can fit any other packs also.
You can look around to find the best place to get your webbing and quick
release buckles. Also you can make your own belts with this webbing and use
a quick release buckle for the buckle. We have about 1.60 in our belts and
are very lite. You can lift your pack up off your shoulders to give them a
rest or to just hang your hands in to pull your pack up a little. We also
slip D rings into the shoulder straps to clip our carabineers into for our
Nalgene bottles. We have 3 D rings on each shoulder strap. Look around for
these D rings (zinc not chrome), Home Depot and Lowes are a little high on
these. I found a "REAL" hardware store in a small town and they were 11
cents each not 30+.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Mikulis" <DBMikulis@comcast.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Clothing material
> One of our adults has them on his backpack and he used them quite often
> when hiking uphill. They are maybe 12 inch long straps looped over and
> attached to the chest portion of the shoulder straps and enable you to
> transfer some of the pack weight to your hands/forearms when you want.
> They also give you something to do with your hands. You can also slide
> your gloves, hat, bandanna through them to have handy while hiking. His
> are permanently attached, but I figured someone must sell some that can
> be attached to the D-rings on most shoulder straps. Looked all over REI,
> Sunny's and other places and finally spotted them in the Campmor
> catalog - couldn't find them online at Campmor. They cost $4.99 so I'm
> waiting to purchase until I have a list of other stuff I need.
>
> Diane Mikulis
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> Behalf Of Signe Rogers
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:30 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
> Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Clothing material
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane Mikulis" <DBMikulis@comcast.net>
> They have just about everything else too, including wrist
> > loops for your backpack that I have been looking everywhere for.
>
> I am not familiar with this - what are wrist loops for backpacks?
>
> Signe Rogers
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