Quote Originally Posted by Kano View Post
I don't know about hot to have your back covered with a 100 oz pack of ice water....

(yup, even when it's 105 outside, an icewater pack on your back feels pretty darned good!)

Karen in Boise
Ice water doesn't stay ice water under the southern sun for more than an hour or so. And at 97 degrees and 85% humidity - anything on your back that doesn't breathe is pretty miserable!

I'm not saying a camelbak doesn't have it's advantages - I'm just offering up the reason most roadies in our old neck of the woods didn't use them.