Originally Posted by
Doug64
There are exceptions
I can't figure that out, is that a frame pack? I do not see an aluminum frame, but some aspects to the pack look like the packs we carried 40 years ago. I always tried to strap my tent on top of the pack or inside it near the top, but it looks like it is strapped on where there often was a crampon leather patch, if that is a frame pack.
In my part of USA red flags like that are used to mark where power lines are buried, so when you excavate you can miss cutting a power cable that was marked with paint and those red flags. Whomever is walking on a glacier, I doubt that they are marking electric line locations.