Wondering if someone could help me out with a couple quick measurements. I’m a big guy (XL shirts) and like my shoulder straps to sit more on the front of my chest. That’s a bad combination for shoulder strap length and I find almost all packs have straps that are too short and ride up into my armpits. I love everything about the Divide, but want to make sure it will ride comfortably and it appears that there are no options for different length shoulder straps. I do wish that was a more common pack option. It’s hard to imagine the same straps working well for 5’2″ small framed people and 6’3″ big folks, but that seems to be how packs are made.
Anyway, I’m looking for:
1. Distance between the points where the straps attach to the frame. It would be behind the wearer’s neck. I’m guessing 4″ or so, but curious what it actually is.
2. Length of the shoulder strap from the attachment point to the buckle at the bottom of the padded portion where it meets the webbing. They are usually in the 16″-20″ range on most packs, with the majority on the shorter end of that. Wondering what that length is on the Divide.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
