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hossjulia
Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
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The pack on my back! This old Camp Trails pack (Campmor) is a smallish women's specific that weighs 3 pounds. Carry's great, I think it was made to fit bear cans. I carried an average of 40 pounds with it on the JMT and it was maxed out. Could not have fit much else in it.
I need to replace it and shudder at what I'll need to spend, this one cost me $60 new about a dozen years ago.
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Gary
Social climber
Right outside of Delacroix
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SofCookay, spot on! I love my ULA. Carried it 240 miles on the JMT (we did some extra)and it's a great pack. Light, comfortable rugged. Have a couple of friends who carried ULA on a PCT thruhike, the pack finished with barely any wear.
And I have friends who swear by Cold Cold World. I'll have to try one.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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This pack, because it holds alot and rides well when on skis in the back country. Well holding alot is probably not a good thing because then I take more. But I've gotten so many winters out of this pack. At my age I will probably never have to give it up.
Susan
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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A Lowe somethingerrather.
Can't recall the model name, it's a 2nd or 3rd generation Lowe. One of the first with plastic buckles. I won pretty big at a poker game and the next day I went into a boutique gear store, slapped a wad of bills on the counter and said "I want that one".
The next day I pawned my old Kelty frame pack for about 15 bucks.
I lived out of that thing for a few years. Since gaining modern maturity, I've rediscovered joys backpacking, approach humping, and wallowing more than a few times under that pack.
It's got a big old stain on the back from "the Parkay incident".
Last year my wife offered up our IRS refund for a new super light, ultra big, all space-age materialed, neon polychrome uberpack. I said NFW, I want to be buried in that Lowe when I die.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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WyoRockMan-That's awesome!!That is kind of mutt tho,yeah??Old school Bomb lid.Nice!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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A really heavy one that i can get someone to carry for me.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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BITD I had a 'Chuck Roast, Alpine sack' that I loved to death.
(Any body remember Chuck Roast' gear?)
Presently I most often schlep my schwag to the crag in a Fish 'Atom Smasher' that is now about in the same condition as the one shown upthread.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2013 - 11:45pm PT
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Just got home from work.....selling packs among other things:D
LOVE all your pack stories. That's what I was hoping for.
I'm a newbie recreated into a second life in the outdoors. As I get ready for an adventure it seems my pack senses my vibes..... my thoughts and plans and hopes and trepidation's. It also counsels me to pack healthy snacks and my headlamp. That's the purple pack.
Oh man, what a pack :D
Now I have a new friend.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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CMy atomsmasher is my go to pack as well. I was there at its birth.
Like any parent I have photos of its gestation and birth. To be dug out presently.
I liked my chouinard ultima Thule mostly for the name.
I have other favorite packs.... Off to the archives......
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2013 - 12:07am PT
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Jaybro Dude,
Get those archive's rolling. Miss you Dude and hope life is well. Will you be able to make it to Tuolumne this summer? If so we must get some of us together and christen lynnie climbing with yo the majors. Cheers, hugs and Peace
SC seagoat, awesome pic.
Sofcooky, we sell the ULA. I'd love to know what you think about it and why you chose the Circuit. What size did you get? Blessing to you on your grand adventure.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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My old Sac Millet- untold summits in the Cascades. With the attached pockets it even served on quite a few winter multi-day trips. Hard to believe, but true. Zero padding, no suspension system, inch and a half wide straps; no pain-no gain, right?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2013 - 12:13am PT
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Reilly, true.... some of the best loved have no padding, no suspension. They've been used for years before all the specialized stuff came out. Think the hip suspension for gals is a good thing....we will see when I test my Gregory in a couple weeks.
Julia and QITNL, great pics of packs and rat packs...smiles and good evening.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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My favorite pack is the On Rope 1 cave pack. It is very well made, and the removable straps can be rearranged so as to carry the pack in any configuration that you want: over both shoulder, over one shoulder, in front, a hydrid (one strap diagonally around the shoulder and the other strap around the waist, shown here), or even the straps wrapped around your ankle (so you can drag the pack while you crawl).
This photo was taken during a 12-hour trip in Friar's Hole to see the 2nd highest waterfall in West Virginia.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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I haven't worn any of the newer model packs but bitd this thing was the shizz, a Gregory Big Wally. My favorite crag pack by far.
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SofCookay
climber
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Lynne, I know Nomad sells the ULA pack because I work at Nomad's (occasionally) in Joshua Tree. I don't know if you remember, but we met at this last Facelift. I left that Friday before all the partays kicked off (not one for big crowds). Anyway, I got that pack from the Nomad's in Idylwild and I chose it specifically for its functionality, durability, and weight (2 lbs 7 oz). The awesome purple color was just a bonus.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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The Red Marlboro Pack I got with Marlboro miles back in 93
Funny thing about that year and that pack... because in 1993 I was starting public school at Beaumont elementary, and one of my very first days of public school EVER was a program put on by D.A.R.E. against Tobacco use.
The guy from D.A.R.E. talked about how the big tobacco companies use catalogs to get kids to buy toys and sh#t, when obviously no grown man is going to use a Marlboro Backpack [sic] or a pogo stick or some such other trinket you could get with 100 proofs of purchase.
A classmate then produced the catalog from inside his desk, with a big red back pack all circled. He said his dad had been collecting them for him so he could have it.
We talked about Marijuana after that.
Funny world, ain't it? And that was 1993.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2013 - 12:50pm PT
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Sofcookay, I do remember and I left early also. Wanted to spend some time on Northern CA's coast line and Sonoma. I forgot you worked at Nomad's.
Sierra Ledge Rat.....Is that FUN????? Yikes is all I can say!!!!!! lynne
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AlanDoak
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 11, 2013 - 05:58pm PT
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It looks like I'm not the only one who is a fan of the the Big Wally by Gregory. I loved mine so much, I wish Gregory would bring it back. I would post pictures of mine, but it got stolen by a bear near the base of Washington's Column. Luckily the car keys fell out before he vanished with it.
It was an awesome crag pack, and great tag bag.
Things I loved about it:
Comfy suspension
Big opening for stuffing gear into it
Speedy conversion to haul mode
Durable (mine was the vinyl version)
big flap pocket
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 11, 2013 - 07:03pm PT
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I've been using the Deuter Aircontact 65+10 for a couple of seasons...my thoughts:
-Kinda on the heavy side, but very cushiony straps. Super comfortable when properly adjusted.
-SUPER easy to adjust.
-Somewhat narrow profile.
-The (optional) sleeping bag compartment can even fit a couple extra articles of clothing
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