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#81314 - 03/11/08 09:21 PM Re: Need help with Kelty Cloud pack [Re: bigfoot2]
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Bigfoot,
in1988 I bought white cloud serial number 40. Around 1990 I was in Western Mountaineerings shop in San Jose Cal and I saw another white cloud for $100 that had been used as a haul bag on El Capitan <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />and they had trid to destroy it. So I bought it and sold it to my BP buddy for $150. Anyway the waterproofing started flaking out of mine and I returned it and they sent me a new cloud 6500. Well I was talking to my friend and he has stopped using the pack because of the water proofing flaking off and I've offered him $20 to get my old pack back. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />I will turn it inside out and wirewheel the stuff completly off - that or paint stripper? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

I would most probably use the smaller White Cloud with the titanium stay for my climbing pack <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />and the larger Cloud 6500 in the Winter, and in the summer since its modular summer weight is only 29 ounces and a white cloud weighs 51.
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />Jim
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#81315 - 03/12/08 06:46 AM Re: Need help with Kelty Cloud pack [Re: Jimshaw]
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Jim,
It sounds like you are getting a sweet deal...one for summer and one for winter ! I'm gonna have to make due with a Cloud in winter and go slummin' in summer with a Granite Gear Vapor Trail <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> If you ever come across any more Clouds, let me know, ok ? It seems you have a knack for finding them <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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