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Re: Backpacks
Mark Arend (mwarend@INTERNETWIS.COM)
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:37:22 -0500
At 10:01 AM 7/23/99 -0400, jay.thal wrote:
>My view is that most Scouting trips are weekend events. There are "day
>and a half" packs with a 3000 cu. in. capacity and a good waistbelt that
>will meet 80% of anyone's needs. It may look little bigger than a
>bookbag but it will usually suffice through seven years of Scouting.
I agree. For most weekend campouts I take a small pack that really isn't
much bigger than a bookbag--no frame & no waistbelt. This holds everything
but my sleeping bag & tent.
A big pack only encourages carrying more stuff.
Mark W. Arend, Scoutmaster
Troop 736
Beaver Dam, Wisc.
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