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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Feb 24, 2013 - 10:22am PT
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Top loaders are the best.
I got curious and I checked the $ of old Orange--It was A LOT more--like $200 more than it was 35 years ago. Unbelievable.
A sad story--My buddy is going through a divorce, wife has left, house has been sold, no time to unload and do everything, no time at all. He just takes his Kletterwork Bomb Pack and throws it away in the trash because there was no space left on his plate to deal with it. I still can't fathom being so blown that you don't have the bandwidth to tuck it in the back seat--and this guy is the best. Just another slice of the human condition.
I am trying to find my Blue Wilderness Experience "Book Bag". Total simple pack but it was great- and now it's lost in the ether
Have a great trip Lynn-that new pack is going to be fun to load, and it's fun deciding what to and what not to. My advice: bring too much booze and food
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2013 - 11:42am PT
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Hobo, I am so, so sorry about your friend. Death and divorce both produce enormous amounts of grief. I will pray for your friend. It took me a few years (read 5) before I got kinda OK with Dan's death.
Thanks for the advice. On last week's desert backpack I brought 4.5 lbs of food (way too much). Found that half that will be sufficient for the upcoming mountain camp, thus freeing up space for........a nip of brandy before I say my prayers and go nighty night. :DD
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Feb 24, 2013 - 12:44pm PT
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Lynne,
Oh dear sweet pea... Just plan for each meal, plan what you will eat and then pack just that and stick to the plan. You will not be supplying options or for other folks, only what you need. Don't ever pack one once more since you need to "carry it." Plus the more you carry, the worse your trip will be. Less really is MORE.
AFS
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2013 - 01:02pm PT
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Love you Pepper! You are still schooling me and I Love It!!! And I've come a long way, Baby:D
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Feb 24, 2013 - 01:18pm PT
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Found this in my friends barn last week, pre Trapper Nelson? WW2? would hold a nice Pony Keg?
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Feb 24, 2013 - 07:51pm PT
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Lynne, I would love to meet you in person. Until then I am glad to read your posts here on the Taco :)
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Feb 24, 2013 - 09:32pm PT
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The Lisa is one of my heroes. That gal is badass.
Hi, Lynne(yep, you're in that Pantheon, too), anyway, my favorite pack is whatever pack I get that will do what I need it to for as long as I need it to. Right now, I'm "testing" an REI Crestrail 70. So far so good. I just retired my old Jansport model unknown(about the same size as the REI pack)and frankly that thing was amazingly tough. I abused it for 13 years.
Cheers, Ladies.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Feb 24, 2013 - 09:58pm PT
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You need different catagories:-)
Working at the cliffs or big loads: My Cilogear Big Hauly, an improved version of the Gregory Big Wally which Can't Say posted up thread. I have an original Gregory as well. In fact, I was steered to the beauty of this amazing pack by a thread on Supertopo that HealyJ started.
Same model but a different Hauly couple hundred feet up, it is looking lumpy here we've been hauling up sharp rocks and it's been weathering that abuse fine, but it carries like a dream:
End of season I pulled so much crap out of this cliff, @ 78 lbs, that I could barely stand up, and the thing took it all. 4 full sized ropes (2 were 12mm static lines), bolting crap, etc etc. But still comfortable.
For dayhikes and solo climbing: another Cilogear pack which I won at a raffle. Seen below with Sadie May the Trailer Park Floozie where Roger Smiths ashes were scattered.
Climbing - soloing here with the rope stuffed in it, starting to toss a big double black 1" tubular webbing sling on the top so I can get off this pinnacle. Pretty scary wondering if the entire top would hold my bodyweight or fall off....
In the historical category, fav is the uber rare Forrest Haulpack
Different view:
It doesn't carry as well as the Cilogear Big Hauly, but that's OK, it was way before it's time.
Most perved pack would be my buddies Cilogear 45L superlight. Holy MOG that thing is amazing. Really really want. But I have so many packs that size....maybe 15. Don't need another (cough* cough*). Besides, I drag crap up and down cliffs. The Hauly has seen many thousand's of feet of that, and the superlight Cilogear wouldn't take that abuse. ...still...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2013 - 10:06pm PT
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Skully, cheers to You too!
Couchmaster, yo right on. Categories......Right now I'm too Newbie to have all the packs in the categories, but working on it. Right now starting to pull stuff together for my mountain backpack in 6 days.
I will do and be better than my last gig two weeks ago thanks to all yo posters.
Cheers this beautiful incredibly full moon evening. lynnie
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Feb 25, 2013 - 10:31pm PT
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Yes there is a lovely full moon out there :)
Couchmaster, Cilogear makes amazing packs. How nice to have won one!
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Powder
Trad climber
Bay Area; the Flower Box
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Feb 26, 2013 - 01:44am PT
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Pack(s)... oh boy... Numerous photography bags/packs (losing count on how many... :X ), but we're talking about pack(s) for cragging/peaks bagging/backpacking/hiking... so here they are:
For cragging,this is my favorite
ArcTeryx Miura 50; the one I have is actually 45L for it's short/xs, just like every other thing I own...
Super comfortable!!!!! And I like the color. =) (Although the gear loop is sort of useless - had to customize it to make it better; also the hydration pocket is a joke. No biggie though; I simply don't use it but the Kangaroo pouch. Now, that is awesome. ...always love the Kangaroo pouch on ArcTeryx packs. )
For backpacking, this is it
ArcTeryx Bora 62.
've had this pack for 10+ years. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!! There are many more "modern" or "ultra light" packs nowadays, however, this has been and I know it will always be my favorite. Being small, it wasn't easy for me to find a pack that fit nicely (still isn't easy). This was THE perfect one, and it was/still is extremely comfortable. Surely, it is not light, but I've never felt any discomfort and the "extra" weight of the pack neither had I have any problem carrying the load with it. It ain't light, but so comfortable I barely felt the weight on the trail, so I could just keep going and going and going... The end of the day, I was a happy backpacker; the end of the trip, I still had the biggest smile on my face. (unlike some of the newer and lighter packs I acquired later - lighter, but not exactly comfortable. )
For peaks bagging/longer day hikes/some backpacking trips, this is the bomb
Osprey Ace 48.
This actually is a kid's pack. The torso is adjustable (yet I still need to go to the smaller end...) Ever since I discovered this pack, it has been served as a multipurpose pack: peaks bagging,day hikes, snowshoeing, quick overnighter, 4-day-backpacking trip with a full size bear canister in it, 3-day-winter-camping trip on the snow, with a full size bear canister in it...
Originally, I got this mainly for peaks bagging. Again, it is not ultra light, but I needed the capacity, for I was doing photography and was often carrying more loads than many other people. I needed something that could fit all my photographic gear and yet was still comfortable - most of all, something that would fit me perfectly. Later I found it so comfy I started to use it for other trips. ...was especially amazed when I fit everything I needed for a 4-day-backpacking-trip including shelter WITH a full size bear canister in it (I was always self-efficient, carrying everything on my own.) This has become a good alternative (I had to disassemble my beloved Bora 62 to clean after an extended muddy but super fun backpacking trip in TW years ago and somehow have never put it back... ) Oh yeah, it also came with a pack cover (we all know how much those companies charge for those covers... )
As for multi-pitch climbs, my favorite is Mammut Neon Light. Again, this is like the only one that serves the needs and fits me perfectly at the same time.(REI Flash 18 is cool; personally I like the design of Neon Light a bit better.)
When going ultra-light, without any photographic gear, this is my favorite summit pack (so small, compact, and light that it fits perfectly in a backpack, also serving as a compression sack if needed)
Dana Design kompressor/now Marmot Marmot Kompressor. Yes, I have both... And yes, these photos were taken on the summit of Mt Dana - how could I not?! >:)
...feel like such a gear-head now. X_x
P.S. For reference, I'm barely 5ft tall, 4'11 to be exact.
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Powder
Trad climber
Bay Area; the Flower Box
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Feb 26, 2013 - 02:01am PT
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It's a Mystery Pack built by the original owner/designer of Dana Design.
Whoa!! Mystery Ranch!!!!!
I've only seen this pack once... It was when I was backpacking in Taiwan....
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Feb 27, 2013 - 03:03pm PT
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I am so excited for you. I want pictures of your getup and... If you get any from your trip, post up!!!!
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Feb 27, 2013 - 03:04pm PT
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I'll pull it out and post up. It's in the garage waiting for that BIG trip with my son. We are going to have the most exciting times!!!!
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Feb 27, 2013 - 03:14pm PT
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Whenever we are in The 2nd Wind in Bozeman I come up the stairs to where all the packs are and think about all the adventures these packs have been on. And I look at all the baby and toddler packs and wonder what those kids are up to now. And the parents who agonized over turning the pack in because they were finished having babies.
This picture is only one spot, there are packs behind me, coming up the steps and around the corner. Maybe you see one of your old packs?
Susan
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Feb 27, 2013 - 04:46pm PT
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"Couchmaster, Cilogear makes amazing packs. How nice to have won one!"
It was even niceer of Cilogear to donate one to support a raffle that climbers considered a worthy cause at an ice comp. I'd bought a shitload of raffle tickets to also support the cause, I never win anything and lord knows I really don't need any more gear, and then layed down and fell right asleep during Waynes pretty good slide show having been out new routing that day. 1 beer and it was nap time, right in the middle of a crowd of 200 climbers. Woke up, handed the tickets to someone nearby and went home to shower and sleep. Slide show still on. Totally and 100% forgot all about it and was later shocked to hear that I'd won a bunch of stuff. Woot!
Anyway, one more reason to support a company like Cilogear, I've seen them donate multiple times to causes. http://www.cilogear.com/
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2013 - 11:31pm PT
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Trying to get it lighter and more friendly to both the pack and I.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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I think most modern packs will do what you need them to.
They're all way better than you might think.
Sometimes, I buy stuff at KMart. Not Camalots though, those things are bunk.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2013 - 12:10am PT
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HI Skully, Hope life is good for yo. I am getting out more and the love of life scale then goes wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up. Cheers and Smiles, lynnie
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