oli700 said:
2 bladders?
What’s all that weigh with your full ammo capacity, water, guns …? Although drinking water shouldn’t really count since you consume it but it still weighs for the first few miles.
Yep, 2 bladders. If there is an incoming apocalypto scenario and we're headed out, or if we're just back packing/hiking for a few days, I'm carryin the water. Its just a little under 2 gallons, so about 13 lbs. of water.
oli700 said:
Have you put on any miles with the gear to see how it feels?
Not yet so much. I've just been loading the pack and adjusting for fit, and i really dont have much on the Delta-5 yet. So far though, the CamelBak stuff feels better with a load on it. Theres so much adjustment in each piece, its easy to get a good fit. There is MOLLE webbing all over the Delta-5 making it very possible to get it balanced. The combination of the two didnt feel like an issue to me and I still had nearly a full range of motion.
I hope to have everything out tomorrow for quite a bit more use.
oli700 said:
And what kind of boots are those and how do you like them?
They are the Wellco 8" waterproof. I love em! Among the most comfortable light weight boots I have ever worn! I'm much more accustomed to heavy steel toe 10" boots, like linesman or loggers boots, Red Wing boots being the best I have ever owned, but for light weight boots, these are great!
Back to your fist question about total weight, I have the nearly 13 to 14 lbs. of water, another 20 lbs of gear in the CamelBak Linchpin, I'm estimating in these pics nearly 10 lbs of ammo, and the guns combined are around 9 lbs. So... thats 53 lbs on the high side.
There is more I intend to add, like a MOLLE crossdraw holster for the 1911 on the Delta-5 as well as a 3 magazine pouch. I'll probably get like a verticle 12 ga. shell holder too.
If I were hiking/backpacking, the Delta-5 with my pistol wont be worn in the open.
Like I said, the packs carry really well and I'd say CamelBak has put a lot of time into R&D to make sure they do.
Shooter posted that map of Ohio, (Thanks!!!) and through the river valley right through central Ohio runnin north to south, its very flat. There are hills, but not mountainous so much. Very heavily wooded all around. We dont have the evergreens you see to the south as you head into the Carolinas. We dont have the mountains you run into in south-eatern Kentucky and Tennessee, but it is somewhat more mountainous throughout eastern Ohio. Mountains I think is still too strong a word when we're talkin the highest points are still only like 1500 ft above sea lvl. There is a good mix of wetlands, lots of farm land bein very flat (not at all like the farms on the side of hill in PA I remember seeing along the I-80 turnpike), wooded hill and back country.
I'm really just playin dress up here and havin fun with it, figured we could compare notes and find practical applications! I know I'm not the only one who likes this stuff!
So what is everyone else wearin to prom?
Well, I can ask Allison and she'll do it.
