Postby heckdog » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:56 pm
I forgot to post my impressions of the pack......holy S#!T it is sweet. It made with the craftsmanship I dream about at night. I am quite sure it was made by elves. It does truly fit like a glove. The next time I take it out I am going to try some handstands. The material is bullet proof - the kind of pack that looks better the more you use it. All that goodness and under 3 lbs. I think the Zen and the theory of UL backpacking is dead on. I think the most of the UL gear, frankly, is cheap crap with way better marketing than durability. Rivendell is making an UL pack that is trail tested, the old one's go for way more than the new one's on EBAY and is a pack I can pass on to my children (Suck on that Silnylon). My advice - get on the waiting list for the finest handcrafted pack that a Joe Plumber can afford.