MYOG 10 liter universal Front-pack

Daniel,

That’s about the size of the front pack that I like to use.  Has worked well for me.  Some people complain that it blocks the view of where they are walking.  Has not been a problem for me.  How about you?

@lyrad1

I have not yet taken it on a technically challenging trail . But most of the time I am looking around me when I am hiking, not straight down at my feet.  When I am looking down, it is a few feet in front of  me, and my proprioception guides my feet. If it is a really challenging spot, or rock face I have to press my chest against, I can unsnap one of the two attaching carabiners and swing pack to side.

I want to do a twenty day unsupported (no purchasing or picking up food or fuel) hike this June, and I think even weight allocation will allow that. I’m taking  my heavy All-clad skillet so I can cook over coals with good results, and my heavy  Fiskars brush axe so I don’t have to mess with stomping on dead wood ( a good way to hurt myself).

The brush axe also serves as  a good shovel, so I can make a small fire pit, and upon finishing the cooking, I can quench the coals and generate a nice batch of biochar that I can then cover with soil and leaf litter. The biochar burial will leave my campsite aesthetically unimpacted and biologically beneficially impacted!

If anyone is interested, I can put up more detailed construction technique. By the fourth pack I made, I got pretty good at it, and refined the materials and technique.

That’s a really cool idea, to build a frame to the hip-belt.  That solves the problem of the pack pulling into your chest and pulling down on the shoulder straps. I also like the idea of having a daypack available, too.

@dustinv
Regarding the day pack, if you look at the  wire frame you can see a the 1.8mm paracord tie down. If you untie this the wire frame pulls out and it does make a great daypack.

Very cool idea Daniel. Please do post some more detailed directions.