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2. Backpack - Wikipedia

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   A 30 L top and bottom-loading Deuter Trans Alpine hiking backpack A 12 L front-loading Canon 200EG photography backpack. A backpack—also called knapsack, schoolbag, rucksack, pack, booksack, bookbag, haversack or backsack—is, in its simplest frameless form, a fabric sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders; but it can have an external or internal ...

3. Backpacking (hiking) - Wikipedia

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   Backpacking gear depends on the terrain and climate, and on a hiker's plans for shelter (refuges, huts, gites, camping, etc.). It may include: A backpack of appropriate size. Backpacks can include frameless, external frame, internal frame, and bodypack styles. Clothing and footwear appropriate for the conditions.

4. JanSport - Wikipedia

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   JanSport is an American brand of backpacks and collegiate apparel, now owned by VF Corporation, one of the world's largest apparel companies. [1] JanSport is the world's largest backpack maker. Nearly half of all small backpacks sold in the United States are produced by JanSport and its sister brand The North Face, also owned by VF Corporation. [2]

5. Greg Lowe - Wikipedia

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   Lowe invented the internal frame backpack. [2] He established Lowe Alpine in his workshed in Colorado in 1967. [3] In addition to backpacking gear Lowe is a pioneer in rock climbing hardware, developing some of the first cam-lever protection devices. [4]

6. Ultralight backpacking - Wikipedia

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   With a lighter shelter and sleeping system, the backpack can consist of lighter material and a less bulky frame or no frame at all. A common ultralight alternative to an internal frame pack is a frameless pack made of ripstop nylon, silnylon, or ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene with a carrying limit of around 11 kg (24 lb). A large ...

7. Macpac - Wikipedia

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   In 1975, he was involved with developing gear for a group of young men from the Canterbury Mountaineering Club who were heading to the South American Andes. The result was New Zealand’s first internal frame climbing pack – the Torre Egger. McIntyre extended the Torre Egger concept to suit trampers and travellers as well.