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RDB
Trad climber
Iss WA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 26, 2009 - 09:51pm PT
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If this is one form what is your's?
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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Mar 26, 2009 - 10:50pm PT
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my dream pack weighs a total of 4.6lbs, fully loaded. it contains all of the sh!t i didn't think i actually needed, but suddenly do:
4lbs of my Aunt Meme chocolate chip cookies; a escape game plan; 700ft of rappel floss; and my sweetheart Rhea all happy and wrapped in a 4lb down bag ensconsed in g-tex.
i don't ask for much. just the basics.
^,,^
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 27, 2009 - 02:13am PT
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That Karrimor Whillans is my dream climbing pack.
Right down to the burnt-orange canvas body, lime green zippered inside pocket under the flap and the felt lined leather shoulder straps.
I like how it carried and that it was a little bit stingy with volume, but bigger than a day pack.
I saw one on eBay last year, from Great Britain of course, but no top flap. So no go.
(Not like I was really in the buy anyway)
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 27, 2009 - 10:24am PT
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I really like my BD Shadow pack.
I had a Dana Design Bomb that was great! till I wore it
out.
And I agree with Tar about the Whillans pack. I wore one
of those out too!
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Mar 27, 2009 - 12:35pm PT
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The heavy one my partner is carrying.
Prod.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mar 27, 2009 - 12:37pm PT
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The one I'm carrying when I'm having the most fun climbing.
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Mar 27, 2009 - 01:06pm PT
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Another emphatic vote for the Whillans. But I say red was best.
I have a Metolius Crag Station now--easier on my camera, and tunafish sands stay in fair shape.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
Sacramento, CA
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Mar 27, 2009 - 01:11pm PT
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The Lowe Cloudwalker II
I miss that pack.
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RDB
Trad climber
Iss WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2009 - 01:39pm PT
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I have a short list of favorites in order of ownership
Millet 370
Jensen
Jumbo Jensen
Lowe
Wilderness Experience
Wild Things Andinista (from '80 to '95)
Arc'teryx
Custom Cold Cold World
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Mar 27, 2009 - 01:46pm PT
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I still have my old canvas Millet. It was a favorite.
Montbell has a copy available in tech fabrics. I have one that I use for my briefcase and air travel. But it is burly-- I can use it as a real pack if I need to.:
Then a Wild Things Andinista that I finally trashed.
Jillions in-between that I don't care so much about.
Now I have a new Cilogear for real gear days.
For fast-n-lite, I have another Montbell:
Less than a pound, has a thin ensolite back, and held up for almost 8 years of heavy use in the Sierra and Alps before I finally managed to rip the fabric. It was only fifty bucks-- I'll probably just replace it.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Mar 27, 2009 - 02:21pm PT
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my ultimate pack has an endless supply of beer and weights next to nothing.
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RDB
Trad climber
Iss WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2009 - 02:59pm PT
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"I do not have a rock pack now because I have not found ANY worth buying. "
Same feelings here. One newer manufacturer that others recommended tried telling me his "crag" pack would fit anyone. Of course it didn't and worse yet the sewing, details and delivery were dismal.
"Who makes a simple pack like this? "
CCW and they come in black as well as the special order red.
Here is a old Chouinard FISH (modified) from the '70s that was worn out years ago compared to my new custom Ozone. The Ozone is the first pack to really replace the FISH to my satisfaction.
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Mar 27, 2009 - 03:36pm PT
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Hey Dane Burns,
Do you know where that cover pic on 'Climbing Magazine' is from. I it perhaps on the Swiss Route on Les Courtes?
Ciao,
Doug
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pissed
Trad climber
Lake Placid NY and Scranton PA
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Mar 27, 2009 - 03:44pm PT
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I'm still waiting for a pack with:
Avalung and
External Crampon Holder and
Ice Axe Loops and
A Frame Ski Carry.
You can get any combination of any 3 but not all 4.
Meanwhile I like my Gregory Alpinisto 55.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Mar 27, 2009 - 03:50pm PT
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Anyone who would be willing to carry mine!
Peace
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Mar 27, 2009 - 05:18pm PT
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Maybe I'm a lightweight, but I need a pack with padding and a good harness. I carry a rack, a rope, half a gallon or more of water, clothes, shoes, harness, food, and essentials. I don't know how people carry all that in a pack with shoulder straps designed in 1955 and no waist harness.
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CAMNOTCLIMB
Trad climber
novato ca
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Mar 27, 2009 - 06:11pm PT
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Any pack that holds a rope, rack and a six-pack.
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Mar 27, 2009 - 06:26pm PT
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Rock! Never put a rock in my pack when a bottle of brew could be dropped in for the same results.
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RDB
Trad climber
Iss WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2009 - 06:50pm PT
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Doug, I think that is the Grands Charmoz.
"Climbing Magazine issue no. 34
John Bouchard a short distance from the ice head wall, Grand Charmoz North Face."
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