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There are good packs that support adjustment of the shoulder strap attachment point relative to the waist belt. Osprey is one and Deuter is another. They are not cheap but they will adjust very well.
Well, in my world a 1 pound pack is ultralight. At least compared to what I have carried in other situations. The full frame pack I refer to is an Osprey 68 Litre which I no longer use for the Camino. But on my first Camino I also carried a tent, a stove, etc. as if I were hiking in the...
Day after day is not the same as an afternoon jaunt. I did a 3 week section of the Camino in France with an ultralight pack (one pound) that had a functional hip belt but no frame of any kind and I soon would have traded it for the five pounder with full frame I left at home. I had back pain...
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