Gear at the Ready = Chestpack?
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:17 pm
My hands are always either numb or they are sweating - rarely an in between. This is fine but it means that I'm constantly removing and donning mittens. Of course there is a lot of other things I'm accessing constantly thru ought the day as well - compass, gps, camera, maps, sunglasses, chapstick, food. Obviously I can't stop and take off a pack each time for one of these items. I also can't count on having coat pockets since that may have been stuffed in my pack because I was getting two warm. I pack has much as I can into the cargo pockets of my pants before they get annoying, but obviously I hit that limit pretty fast and it's hardly conducive to any sort of organization.
I've started researching chest packs that I could clip onto the d-rings of my shoulder straps. Other than for fly fisherman, I'm surprised that I'm coming up short. Aarn body packs have the right idea, but I'm not ready to commit to an entirely new pack setup although their chest packs can be purchased separately:
http://www.aarnusa.com/balancepockets.htm
Plus the aarn pockets are split so blind spots would be less of an issue.
Anybody else toyed with the idea of a chest pack for long hauls?
I've started researching chest packs that I could clip onto the d-rings of my shoulder straps. Other than for fly fisherman, I'm surprised that I'm coming up short. Aarn body packs have the right idea, but I'm not ready to commit to an entirely new pack setup although their chest packs can be purchased separately:
http://www.aarnusa.com/balancepockets.htm
Plus the aarn pockets are split so blind spots would be less of an issue.
Anybody else toyed with the idea of a chest pack for long hauls?