30 hours. Is that because it was a one of a kind or can you shorten that production time down with more volume?I have four different tabs in my spreadsheet. The first is my primary gear tab, and due to the layout and calculations, it has 180 rows. The second is for food and acts as a catalogue of my current food supply. The food I select populates my pack on the first tab and changes my final load calculation as well as displays my protein and calorie total for the trip.
If I bring extra clothes, it is a shirt to sleep in (usually), maybe a spare pair of socks (rarely), and a spare pair of underwear (trips over a week only). I don't hike in a beanie unless it's below 20F. I hike with my running cap and a Buff pulled over my ears until it gets really cold.
That's why I'm contemplating just adding it back to the kit along with a fire starting cube.
The pack is a combination design between the Bonefire Gear™ Sparrow (my first pack design, frameless) and the Bonefire Gear™ Eagle (my second pack design with a full frame, limited run only as it took almost 30hrs to make). I call it the Bonefire Gear™ Raven (being in between the two sizes). Since the bear canister has almost the same curve as the average human lumbar, it made sense to carry the heaviest load at the hips for most efficient load transfer while retaining comfort and assisting with spinal alignment on long treks. The Eagle and the Raven both have a pocket built into the base of the pack specially designed to hold the bear canister as part of the structure of the pack. The first and second prototypes held a BearVault500 (and one made for a good friend), all of the others are designed around the Bearikade Weekender. The Raven weighs 13oz, is waterproof enough for me not to worry about most water crossings or the pouring rain, and has an 14L capacity up top (plus the 11L Bear Canister).
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