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- From: "Lt. Nick" <aecs_sar@yahoo.com>
- To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
- Cc: pennbo@bbv.net
- Subject: [MSAR] Ready packs
- Date: Wed Feb 12 17:26:00 2003
Chris,
If you keep your sar gear in stuff type sacks in the saddle bags and
then carry an EMPTY backpack, you could quickly transfer the needed stuff
sacks into the backpack in the event you need to walk.
This would keep the weight off the rider and prevent you having an
unweildly loaded backpack on your mount.
Joey
in New "Yawk" City
http://www.newyorksearchandrescue.org/
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:18:58 -0800
> From: "Pennington-Boggio's" <pennbo@bbv.net>
> To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [MSAR] Ready Packs
>
> > Pet peeve: MSAR volunteers who *have* 24hr packs, yet choose to
> > leave them back in the vehicle.
> >
> This brings up a point I'd like to discuss here! <G> We have Ready Packs
> - all packed and ready to go. The county wanted us to have them in
> actual backpack style rather than in saddle bag/cantle bag style.
> Reasoning is good- if we are ever in a situation where we need to leave
> the horses and walk we'd need the packs on our backs. However the
> reality is somewhat unwieldy! We use large orange packs in the
> mountaineering style. They are too bulky to conveniently (and safely)
> tie on the back of the saddle. One member has carried his for years on
> the saddle horn- but he rides a 16'3" monster QH with well developed
> withers. I put the darn thing on my barrel bodied guy, walked about 25
> yards, and had developed a noticeable list to the side! No thanks- not
> in the terrain we ride in! Most of the other members have had the same
> problem. Not to mention it cuts down on maneuverability in tight spaces!
>
> SO- what I am looking for/thinking about is a pack that can be easily
> attached to the saddle like saddlebags BUT in an emergency can be
> removed, straps added or pulled out, and used as a back pack. Is there
> such a creature? If I manage to design one is anyone else interested?
> What do the rest of you use?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
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[MSAR] Ready packs,
Lt. Nick, 02/12/2003
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Re: [MSAR] Ready packs,
Jorene Downs, 02/12/2003
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- Re: [MSAR] Ready packs, Chris Pennington-Boggio c/o Jorene Downs, 02/13/2003
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Re: [MSAR] Ready packs,
Jorene Downs, 02/12/2003
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Re: [MSAR] Ready packs,
Pennington-Boggio's, 02/12/2003
- Re: [MSAR] Ready packs, tm-fi, 02/13/2003
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