I ended up with a BHI Recon Commando harness.
After fiddling with adjusting the straps, it's a nice light rig. I'm a bit of a pack rat...so the sheer lack of pouches has me nervous...but I'll load it up with the essentials, move some stuff to my first line and see how it goes.
Thanks for all the advice and ideas! (so now, as a non-gear guy, I have 6 rigs...of which I'll probably only use 2...one green and one CB

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Tys