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Selecting the Right Size MOTHER
Your MOTHER has to be the appropriate size to really work
with your body. Use the fitting chart below to find your idea
size.
| Torso Length* |
Size MOTHER |
| 15” – 18” |
Small |
| 18” – 23" |
Regular |
| 23" up |
XL |
| * To measure torso length
draw an imaginary line from the protruding hip bone on
one side of your pelvis to the protruding hip bone on
the other side of your pelvis. Then determine where the
shoulder straps will most likely rest on your shoulders
and measure the distance from that point to your imaginary
hip bone line. |
Fitting and Using your MOTHER
All MOTHER packs are designed as technical packs with the
weight of the pack and its contents being carried on your
hips. The first time that you throw your pack on you will
have to give it some thought.
We like to loosen the shoulder straps up considerably and
position the hip harness so that it is cradling your protruding
hip bones (our copy of the Anatomy Coloring Book calls them
the iliac crest). Cinch the hip harness down. If you are new
to technical packs, it should feel like it is wrapping around
your hips with authority, like when you picked-up and jokingly
threatened to throw your significant other into a 38 degree
river (not that we’ve ever done that) and they hold
on for dear life – or at least tight enough to drag
you in with them. If the hip harness is connecting with a
casual sloppiness, then it is too loose.
From that point we adjust the shoulder straps and sternum
strap to suit. Under normal conditions our straps are pretty
loose, with the hip harness carrying the weight. If we have
to descend some sketchy scree slope we first unload our guns
and then tighten everything down so that our MOTHERs move
with us, as a part of our bodies. |
