Or....you could drop 20 lbs from your pack load, and that might solve the problem. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> This is The Lightweight Backpacker (TLB) after all. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

When I was a young scout with a big heavy monster to carry, we were taught to help each other. I would hold my buddied pack as he put it on, and he would hold mine. This only works if someone else is with you.

300WM summed it up, if you no have someone else with you. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />