HPG harness on Kifaru Ark frame

[isleofGough]

This was discussed several years back, but I tried a HPG yoke harness on my Kifaru Ark frame and it works great. I had to send back the Kifaru shoulder straps for a stitching defect and saw I might have to wait two months for the repair under warranty. For me, the lumbar pad and waist belt on the Ark is excellent (though I replaced the central buckle with a AstraAlpine one and the side bag attachments with marsupial gatekeepers). The HPG gear harness is more comfortable than Kifaru's and it eliminates the twitchiness of the load lifters to avoid the backward pull on the shoulders.