I just realized that this won't work for people with very short torso length. In my case I don't change the length of the strap when taking it off my shoulders and going straight to the bag. Then when it comes down the bottom feet of the bag just touches the ground and I don't lengthen or shorten the strap. However if you are really short, say, under 5 fee 6. You have to adjust the strap going from the shoulder to the bag and vice versa. Otherwise the bag wouldn't touch the ground and tip forward. This would be cumbersome. YMMV.