Well now; Having digested many of the posts in this thread over the weekend and realised that I have been a sinner, I rose early on this fine Monday morning and decided to make amends for the error of my ways. I removed the waterbottle carrier from my Maxp kodiak and crammed it's contents into the inside of the pack, disrupting my carefully planned and packed system...............I then proceeded to do the same with the attatched Karrimor sf half-pocket fixed to the front - off it came and all it's contents re-distributed causing serious grief again to my organised pack............fed the dog, got flask & snap on board, and went for a 10 mile bimble along the lip of the lower wye valley on the Welsh side. This was a long planned walk in order to "mop up" the few sticks and bits of timber I hadn't yet cut as the sap is rising and it's last knockings for me to be cutting for this year.
The walk itself was very pleasant, but my system of easy-to-reach saw, knives and all the sundries this pack gives easy access to ( without taking it off - see many Kodiak reviews ) is now completely useless, I might just as well have had it all in a carrier bag; months of trial and error and fettling to get as close as I've ever been to the perfect system out the window..............
But it's all ok - I don't mind at all - my consciense has been scalded by the thought that I may have been offending the many posters who see "strapped-on" gear as an abomination, but I'm free of that now - I'm back on the path of righteousness and hopefully back in the fold, and the mayhem and inconvenience to me is nothing compared to the offence I may have been causing this long while by my wanton and selfish behaviour.
I hope I might, in the run of time, be forgiven...................Mea Culpa..........................atb mac