Tony Russel wrote:
I often marvel at the way friends burden themselves down with cameras,
scopes, tripods, bins, and a back pack !
I do a lot of my birding while hiking, which means I always take a backpack
to carry food, water, field guide, notebook, and sometimes other stuff like
camera, rain jacket or warm clothes. But I found it was really tiring and
annoying to have the backpack straps dig into the shoulders every time I
lifted up my arms to hold up the binoculars. So I would take off the pack
every time I wanted to look at a bird, which was also a pain, and sometimes
the bird would be gone by the time I did that and got the bins up to my
eyes. I was thinking of using a little butt pack but they are mostly too
small for everything I wanted to carry. A few years ago I found a lumbar
pack, which is like a big butt pack, clips around the waist, no painful
shoulder straps, just enough room for everything I carry. It's great!
Paul Coddington
Adelaide, South Australia
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