[Philmont] Pack Size

From: Pete Swiggum
> This is only an educated guess, but I would think between 2/3 and 3/4 of
the
> backpacks that you see on the trail at Philmont (or on any other trails,
for
> that matter) are internal frame packs between 5000 and 7000 cubic inches.

I was on a trek in 2005. I actually do pay attention to this, as I have
been
trying to help the scouts in my troop understand that internals are a great
alternative (we had all externals when I joined the troop).

I would say that 80% of the packs on the backs of the youth were externals
in the crews we saw. The rangers all had internals. The crew adults were
about 50-50.

Hardly anyone sells externals these days (and for good reason), but it
looks like all the externals are being sold to scouts :-)

Don Roberts
05, 03

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Received on Fri Sep 15 10:25:14 2006