Guiding Elk hunts off horseback in Wyoming is always a series of compromises. Pretty much every day involves travel on foot for some distance usually over a mile. A back pack in the saddle is always a pain. Not having a back pack really isn't an option. I ride a high cantle saddle and wanted a back pack I could ride wearing in both the kinds of Country we got here, uphill and downhill without contacting the cantle which whacks the pack smacking me in the head or getting strangled. I adjusted this pack to ride as high as I could and it works very well. The Outfitter I was riding for will have one by Elk Season I would wager. A side benefit is that it is small enough that I couldn't over pack, just holds the essentials. Because I would have liked to know what it would hold prior to purchase I am going to list what my Guide load was: first aid kit, two pairs latex gloves, Wyoming knife, sisal baling twin, p-cord, ferro rod, film canister containing Vaseline soaked cotton balls, Zippo with fluid canister, space blanket, swiss army knife, lightweight down anorak, wool stocking cap, headlamp with extra batteries, Heavy Cover Inc. titanium canteen and cup, my lunch as well as my hunters' lunch, small sack with titanium spoon, tea, powdered milk and a little honey, while in the saddle one collapsed hiking pole. The only things I had outside the pack were the canteen with cup nested and the hiking pole. It was a very sleek package, could ride through trees and very rough terrain, I could also get away from it in a hurry during a horse wreck. The diaper panel with the molle cutouts was great for wadding on layers as they came off or Hunters gear that had got too heavy. The stringy things on the top and sides I thought might take a molle pouch but the pouch doesn't stay put, will probably cut them off. Have used this pack much more than I anticipated, it is a very handy size.