Originally Posted by
manapua_man
I've done a few trips with a backpack, and to be honest it's not that big a deal as far as being uncomfortable goes. Granted, I'm not as old as some of the people here, and I was using a modified external frame pack to give about an inch of space between the bag itself and my back for ventilation.
I hadn't even thought about the advantage of external vs internal frame. Interesting thought. I'm looking at doing homemade equipment remake to lighten everything and to actually have some of the stuff I should have, like sleeping bag for late summer touring, in the first place. I've seen on backpackinglight.com forums some people making exernal frame packs but I'm so use to thinking of hiking instead of biking that I'm use to thinking more about the comfort and the maneuverability of the internal frames vs the external frames. Thanks for your post...definitely something to keep in mind.