I've read this thread from start to finish over a six week period but I'm still not clear on the correct definition of pack.

Some people seem to be describing pack as the point where a shock effectively reaches a hydraulically locked state.

Others seem to describe pack as a gain in dampening rate as piston velocity through the oil increases, which may or may not ever reach a hydro lock state.

I think the latter is the more correct description but I'm just not sure from what I've read. Am I close or am I still off on my understanding?

I believe I understand now how to adjust the amount of pack I get but I'm trying to visualize what happens when I land a jump with more or less pack in my shocks. I'm not completely sure if it's a sudden stop of suspension travel at a certain point or not. I think the answer is that it can be a sudden stop but that's probably not what you want to tune for.

Anywhere close? Am I even making sense?