What do you do with your pack?

**Not_Yet** · 05-24-2013, 05:42

Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr

Used to lay the pack on the ground, under the tarp, on a piece of Tyvek with the pack cover on it. Then a crazed squirrel got into my pack, stole my Bahco folding saw, and almost got away with it. Now I hang my pack from the hammock ridgeline.

LOL... What did that **** squirrel think he was just going to cut down the whole tree and make all the nuts fall on the ground?

**mbcruzin** · 05-24-2013, 06:08

Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr

Used to lay the pack on the ground, under the tarp, on a piece of Tyvek with the pack cover on it. Then a crazed squirrel got into my pack, stole my Bahco folding saw, and almost got away with it. Now I hang my pack from the hammock ridgeline.

And he would have gotten away with. If it weren't for those crazy hangers and that dog

I throw my pack under the hammock on top of a ground sheet.

**hecta_g** · 05-24-2013, 06:30

Before becoming a hanger I strapped it to a tree. I like keeping things at a working height.

Even on scout outings I always carry my leader's pack with odds and ends in it. Once we are in an area where we will work on a few things I'll hang it somewhere.

**ftroop94** · 05-24-2013, 07:05

C. I've done this for thirty years, even when I was a Scout and used a tent.

I used a big old 'heavy' bungee cord for years, evolved to 550, and then eventually spliced eyeloops on the end of some Zing-It to attach it w/ a biner. I also try to find a tree about the right size to cinch the waist belt. I cover right before bed, and I've been through some torrential down pours with nothing more than the waist belt getting wet.

I'm light enough now that I've tried hanging it on the ridgeline, but I just don't like it...hard to break an old dog's habits!

**OldRagFreeze** · 05-24-2013, 07:17

I started using carabiners (not climbing rated) as my toggles and that has allowed me to just clip my pack on one of those. If it pours I'd have to go back to my old method; setting it on the ground under my tarp.

All you guys that strap the pack to trees, what do you do if it rains?

**Not_Yet** · 05-24-2013, 10:06

Originally Posted by OldRagFreeze

I started using carabiners (not climbing rated) as my toggles and that has allowed me to just clip my pack on one of those. If it pours I'd have to go back to my old method; setting it on the ground under my tarp.

All you guys that strap the pack to trees, what do you do if it rains?

Depending on the tree type and time of the year... The tree can do most of the work. Also pack covers help... atleast that has worked for me so far...