Moondog55 wrote:Do you mean no dedicated sleeve for the bladder? Easy 2 minute sewing job is so but for a day trip why bother? I would just chuck the bladder in and pad it into the upright position with your parka and raincoat
Tortoise wrote:I've actually used Kathmandu ones, like this, which is reasonable cost at the moment - except you don't have the get the icky blue colour. I have 2 older versions, but I'm guessing this is similar:
https://www.kathmandu.com.au/pocket-pack-v4.html
It's slightly smaller and heavier than the Osprey you mention, which i haven't seen in person. It unfortunately Ktm don't give the denier value for the rip-stop nylon for a comparison, but I suspect it's a bit sturdier, which could be a good thing.
Friends of mine have used the S2S Silnylon ones, but they tend to get holes in them pretty quickly, from dolorite (Cradle, Barn, Ossa) or scoparia (which was encroaching on the Oakleigh and Pelion East tracks last time I visited them.)
I use a dry bag that I'm already carrying, inside the day pack if the weather or vegetation could be damp.
peregrinator wrote:I’ve never used a day pack when on extended trips. I cannot see the point of doing that.
Strider wrote:I empty my pack contents into my pack liner and leave it in my tent/in a hut/behind a bush. Then I put whatever I need to take with me back into my pack for the summit climb
Tortoise wrote:In the context of the OLT, I personally wouldn't trust a plunder of currawongs with my trip's food with only a pack liner in between. Wouldn't want to risk a puncture by any of the spiky alpine flora either. And I'd find it tricky if it happened to be raining at the wrong time.
every unbelievable story you have read/heard re currawongs on the OLT is probably true.
A friend didn't believe us once, when we did a side trip in Waterfall Valley. She left food in zipped pockets and shoved the whole thing head first tightly under a bush. Upon return, the pack was in the open, every zipped pocket open, loo paper everywhere, with the wrappings from a kilo of cheese, a full salami, 2 packets of biscuits and a bunch of scroggin.)
rcaffin wrote:every unbelievable story you have read/heard re currawongs on the OLT is probably true.
A friend didn't believe us once, when we did a side trip in Waterfall Valley. She left food in zipped pockets and shoved the whole thing head first tightly under a bush. Upon return, the pack was in the open, every zipped pocket open, loo paper everywhere, with the wrappings from a kilo of cheese, a full salami, 2 packets of biscuits and a bunch of scroggin.)
I agree that the currawongs are swift and deadly, but what you have described sounds a lot more like a possum. Around there they are very big (on bushwalkers' supplies) and impervious to hints (like being poked away with a broom)
Cheers
Roger
rcaffin wrote:every unbelievable story you have read/heard re currawongs on the OLT is probably true.
A friend didn't believe us once, when we did a side trip in Waterfall Valley. She left food in zipped pockets and shoved the whole thing head first tightly under a bush. Upon return, the pack was in the open, every zipped pocket open, loo paper everywhere, with the wrappings from a kilo of cheese, a full salami, 2 packets of biscuits and a bunch of scroggin.)
I agree that the currawongs are swift and deadly, but what you have described sounds a lot more like a possum. Around there they are very big (on bushwalkers' supplies) and impervious to hints (like being poked away with a broom).
Cheers
Roger
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