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throwpie

Trad climber
Berkeley
Feb 11, 2013 - 07:38pm PT
My Millet Sack
F10

Trad climber
Bishop
Feb 11, 2013 - 10:19pm PT
"can't say" nailed it


Gregory Big Wally, great rock pack
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Feb 11, 2013 - 10:45pm PT
Birth of an atomsmasher
Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2013 - 10:50pm PT
Jaybro, missing yo......life and work good?
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Feb 11, 2013 - 10:54pm PT
Probably my most nostalgic would be my old Trapper Nelson which was state of the art in the 50s.
You've come a long way baby.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Feb 11, 2013 - 10:55pm PT
Life and work are excellent Lynne and you?
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Feb 11, 2013 - 11:01pm PT

WyoRockMan

I have an exact model of that Bomb pack. It's worn and I don't wear it
much these days, but the adventures I had with it.
I had an old Karrimor sac that did carry like hell, and nearly
nothing. . .
and have been using a BD Shadow these days--carries wonderfully
and is light. . .
Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2013 - 11:44pm PT
Jaybro, life and work are good here too. Hugs

PACK STORY:

After Dan went to heaven and I decided to honor him by following his past path of climbing welllll....The Mayor of JTree, Todd Gordon, invited me on my first official climb in about 20+++ years.

I'd never been to Suicide Rock, Idyllwild, CA tho Dan boy climbed there a bunch. But that's where I met Gordo and two others I would climb with that day. One of them being Tucker Tech.

I'd taken a few lessons in the gym to refresh what I'd watched others do for so many years and made it up Surprise and had a blast.

This Tucker person carried a huge pack and throughout the day endless beers appeared from it. I asked him for one and immediately knew I'd asked the wrong question. But TT was a gentleman and surrendered one of his closely guarded cans. I didn't ask for another. Great day ended and we found our way slowly down the hill. Tucker was way ahead. I was last .... no surprise.

At the bottom of the descent I saw Tucker Tech sitting on a big rock seemingly unable to get up. Oh, God, I thought. He's having a heart attack.
(I didn't know this man or that would have been my last thought.) I hurried up and asked him what was wrong and could I help.

Tucker, bless him, looked at me as only he could and calmly said ...."well, I have a 50 pound boulder in my pack and I'm having a little trouble getting up." I pushed from behind and TT was good to go. He kinda overwhelmed me (read scared). But I asked him why he was carrying a 50 lb. boulder back to the car. He explained about his cactus garden and rock walls.

We've been good friends ever since. What a guy. What a pack.....:D
Gary

Social climber
Right outside of Delacroix
Feb 12, 2013 - 12:01am PT
Nice cave pic, SLR. I used a surplus army medic's bag for caving. Rugged and easy to drag behind in a crawlway.

I am shocked to discover you are an electric caver. I figured you for a real man, a carbide man.
Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2013 - 12:25am PT


So here's a very vecchio, old pack. My first at age 15. Smiles. lynne
Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2013 - 12:47am PT

An adventure "a few years later". :D





Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2013 - 12:55am PT





Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2013 - 01:08am PT









BruceAnderson

Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
Feb 21, 2013 - 09:34am PT
Here's likely the last cragging pack I'll ever own
Cold Cold World Ozone
No frills, handmade in the U.S., and near perfect. I can fit everything I need for a day out. If it lasts anything like the pack below it will be the last one I buy.
BruceAnderson

Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
Feb 21, 2013 - 09:43am PT
I use to use a Fish Atom Smasher in my earlier climbing life and became convinced that for rock climbing the simplest bomber sack with two padded straps was the way to go.
Mid nineties, after a trip to Mallorca, Hidetaka Suzuki gave my wife this pack- It belonged to his wife (r.i.p.) and was her alpine summit pack. Then he used it for quite a while as his crag pack, and now my wife still uses it at least a couple times a week. It has a hole in the top lid but only because my golden retriever went after some saucisson stashed inside.
This pack was what made me search out the Cold Cold World.
BruceAnderson

Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
Feb 21, 2013 - 09:52am PT
Finally a nod to the best little daypack ever, the Black Diamond Bullet.
Once again bomber materials, simple sack, two straps. Whats cool about this thing is it holds a ton more than you would think but disappears on your back. Pretty much kills all the other fancy hydration packs I've used.
all three side by side
martygarrison

Trad climber
Washington DC
Feb 21, 2013 - 10:44am PT
For climbing and approaches I always like this puppy.


Carried a full rack and a rope no problem. Tough and you can haul it if need be.
Elcapinyoazz

Social climber
Joshua Tree
Feb 21, 2013 - 12:09pm PT
Arc-Teryx Muira 50

+ Another.

Mister E is the reason I have one. We all pitched in and got one for the Doc. Then E said "hey, this pack is awesome" and bought one for himself. Then we went cragging one day and I got a thorough look at his along with positive testimony. So I got one shortly after.

That was about 4 years ago. Best pack I've had.


Second place: BD Bullet. Perfect size, great design, reasonably priced. Whether wearing on routes, or just stuffing my shoes/snacks/etc in and tossing inside my crashpad, I use this one all the time.

Third: Original Dana Designs Terraplane. Heavy, but if I have to carry a lot of stuff, and/or heavy stuff, this thing is a Cadillac. The bag itself is a very simple, but perfect thought out design. Suspension works great. Very well built.
The Wedge

Boulder climber
Santa Rosa & Bishop, CA
Feb 21, 2013 - 01:07pm PT
http://www.coldcoldworldpacks.com/


Light, streamline, insert works as a sleeping pad
Fletcher

Trad climber
The great state of advaita
Feb 21, 2013 - 01:47pm PT
Some really cool stuff here!

I'll reiterate my enchantment with the Cold Cold World Ozone for cragging. Finally did get out and use it this past weekend and the love abides.

I've long used a Lowe Contour iV (from about 1992-93) for backpacking. As Colin Fletcher would say, it's a "great bloody sack." Not a lot a frills, but space galore and comfy. 6,000+ cubic inches. Norman Clyde would be proud (though probably a bit small for him!). The pads are all worn out and I replaced it with a CiloGear 45L WorkSack for alpine climbing. It feels like a feather by comparison and will help keep me from bring the kitchen sink on those kinds of trips. I hope!

But for backpacking (especially where you're carrying all the kids stuff) that Lowe is the best. Thinking of getting it refurbed by that guy in, I think, Blue Canyon CA, who does that stuff. Anyone recall his contact info off the top of your head?

I have a boat load of other packs, but those are my faves.

Eric
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