[Stomp]

Is there a specific application for these tough attachment points on top of my new backpack? I've seen this arrangement before, and they just strike me as doodads with a purpose. All rugged and empty, waiting for me to attach a shiny new toy to them. Using them for a mundane purpose such as strapping a sleeping pad to the pack lid seems a terrible waste of perfectly good over-engineering. Ooh, maybe that's where you attach the hang glider.

[El Puma]

My crampons frequently reside there when the back of the pack is occupied by axe/poles and the sides by skis. If you thread straps through it makes a great attachment for wet t-shirts and socks to dry them while hiking.

[Dante]

You are supposed to cut those off to make your pack lighter

[forest gnome]

Hey stomp, what pack is that?? and yes cut them off

[Backpacker Joe]

Damn, Dante beat me to it! Cut them off and save weight! Lighter, is righter! TB

[Allison]

Are they gone yet?

[Stomp]

The pack in question is an Ultimate Direction Warpspeed, and it will be a while before I can bring myself to put scissor to fabric. I haven't even used it yet. We just met! Besides, this backpack completes my lightweight menagerie, which tips the scales at 15 pounds (base, natch). With a tent! On a budget! It's light enough to satisfy me without drilling holes in toothbrushes or anything. For now.

[Julio Iglacius]

Whoa dude, what a macho name for a pack! Doncha love the Outdoors Magazine inspired names like "Alpine Attack" and "Clint Eastwood Pack". Also lovely names like the Dana "Bomb" pack. I wish I hadn't bought the "Petunia and Lilac" doillie pack that was on sale last year. It makes me feel sooooooooo...... um..... wimpy I guess.

[polarbear-]

I have an REI Wonderland pack, but then I've already been labeled as dreamy. You are what you pack.

[Stomp]

[Spee D. Gonzales]

Andale! Andale! Ariba!! Ariba!! I am the fastest mouse in all May-i-co!! Mice will rule the world, not apes!

[Jonathan]

Don't try and use scissors, go to the fabric store and buy a "seam ripper", it's a small tool with a forked blade/tip used for separating seams.

[marzsit]

[Newt]

I heard of a person that used the Warpspeed. They put it on , did the trip and was back before they left. They weren't even tired. Now for a lighter than air model. Match the two up and think of the possibilities. NN

[Einstein]

I don't know how you can enjoy a trip going that fast. Besides, how can you take photos going faster than light? The point in backcountry travel is to see the views, sniff the flowers, get stung by the mosquitos. Man, I'm really bummed about the new way of travel, there is no romance whatsoever about it.