Thanks for the review and the great pics making me very envious of your adventure. Your review makes us realise that our choice of pack & testing the gear before needing it is very important. Much of the oudoor gear sold today will do a great job for the next 10-20 years. By then, you'll want to upgrade and benefit from the new materials & techology.

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How is your mt climbing pack going to do strapped to the outside of an amphibious armored personnel carrier & driven through the brush & pine trees? -0311

Good point - fact is most of us don't ride up to Everest Base Camp aboard an APC <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

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... your pack is dumped on a pallet with 50 other packs and loaded into a cargo plane. Then dragged/humped from here to gone. Not every person here (or anywhere) has the same uses as the next. -Malpaso


My point exactly, but if you're gonna carry it - light weight becomes a priority for me .