Oooh, how exciting!!! The backpack looks great! Usually packs that size all have a waistband, wich can be nice, but I often don't find them comfortable. Hope you will have a great first week! Looking forward to hearing about all of your adventures! *Edited to add: Happy (belated) birthday!! Wishing you many more trips around the sun!
Wait ... no Kaweco Brass Sport Pen?? Be safe. Enjoy. Catch sight of lots of yellow billed cuckoo birds! Fill us in when you return. But, most of all, ENJOY!
My hiking packs have to have a hip belt. I have nerve tension that makes me unbearably sore otherwise. I'm gazing longingly at your arm muscles! Enjoy field surveying.
I'd recommend carrying your emergency radio on your body, not your backpack (and maybe the same for your knife). You might have to lose the pack if you fall in a river, a bear rifles through it, or maybe you lose it somehow during a fall where you might not get back to where it is. Also, usually it's good to put things you might need more quickly (first aid kit, rain jacket) on the top in your pack, not somewhere down. But then, maybe this is more of an overview video. Anyway, have a good time!
All great points! This is more of an overview - my binoculars are no good in there either. That being said, there are still lots of things I do carry in there rather than in my person, I just don’t have enough pockets and I’m not much of a belt person. >.< My preparedness has its limitations, haha! Also, I’m not expecting rain for another couple of weeks, but I don’t want to forget it at home, so it’s living there at the bottom for now. And thank you! I’ve been having a great time! Presently at the public library in a town nearby to download some new site maps, and enjoy the air conditioned space for a little, haha.
Dear Alicia You look like you are the woman with THE handbag. Ready for everything. Inspector Gadget style! Go go Gadget backpack... I wonder what is the weight when full? I wonder if by week 2, you become a weight weeny, and go the other way, as in the lightest weight you could be? Who or what project funds the 20 technicians to do this for the birds? Have fun. Do you have some music to listen to while out? Will you see any other technicians while out at your survey points? Is it 6-8 hrs out, do you all meet for lunch? I would add bandaids for blisters (which you overlap 5 over each heel blister.) and bamboo socks to stand in all day comfortably! You could buy a go pro and a handheld video mount stabilizer for your VLOGS a tripod, if you want to take some footage. You could also take audio calls with a H5 zoom, of each animal you come across while out and about! I hope they appreciate your commitment and hard work, and that you make a few friends, that your supervisor, boss, project coordinators and other technicians are nice to you, and welcome you sincerely to their team. In kindred spirit, Eliza Australia xx
I enjoyed this bag and used it for the summer. Ultimately I ended up selling it, it just didn’t feel quite right and was a little uncomfortable on my body. It’s a nice design though and the materials were pretty tough.
@@adventuredenalithank you so much ! I really appreciate you taking the time to give me your thoughts on it. I think I’m going to give it a chance and see how it goes !
Good luck with your survey you sound like you are well prepared I have to tell you I heard about you on Howard Stern so I watched some of your videos are you are a very well-rounded intelligent interesting woman
I liked many aspects of it, but in the end I sold it after a year with it and went to a more traditional hiking day pack by Osprey. Now, I can carry just as much weight, but distribute it better with the hip belt and the chest strap.
@@adventuredenali That makes a lot of sense, I was wondering how it would be without a frame or hip belt given its capacity, thank you! I was mainly thinking of using it as a daily commuter bag for work and school, and only occasionally for outdoors as I already have a smaller Osprey day pack.
@@adventuredenali Thanks for your advice, I did end up picking it up and it's been perfect for my purposes. Interestingly, they've made some changes from what they show on the site and it looks like they've taken a lot of feedback from reviews. It now comes with a detachable hipbelt, though it's not robust or padded and of course the pack still doesn't have a frame. While I'm doubtful it'll make it great for hiking with heavier loads, I'm sure it'll help some.
Trigonometry. One way, if the ground is reasonably flat, is to stand far enough away to see both the base and top of the tree. Hold a stick at arm's length with one end at the top of the tree and put your thumbnail on the stick even with the tree's base. Rotate the stick 90deg so that it's horizontal to the ground with your thumbnail still at the base of the tree. Mark the place where the end of the stick reaches on the ground, then step off the distance from that spot back to the tree's base. You can also use trigonometry to compute the height if you know both your distance to the tree and the angle to the top of the tree.
I never thought I'd think of a backpack as drool-worthy, yet here we are 😅 And that knife - how beautiful, and moreso because of the personal connection! I hope it goes well and is a brilliant experience, and I really look forward to whatever you share on it!
It’s a great pack! I’m really glad to have it, and I love the look and functionality of it. And thank you! I will share a little of my first week out here!
