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Packing for a climb/Backpack suggestions

Ray Pinpillage · · West Egg · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 180
silveralt wrote:Crag pack. Sport climbing.
I edited my last post.

Great deal!
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JesseT · · Portland, OR · Joined May 2011 · Points: 100

Here's another vote for the miura 50. Just got one last month, only been cragging with it once so far (soggy PNW weather), but it carried the load remarkably well and opens nice and wide.

Ryan Williams · · London (sort of) · Joined May 2009 · Points: 1,245

Just to add another vote for the Miura, I used it as a haul bag while bolting for a season and beat it to hell and it shows minimal wear. It costs 200 for a reason. Maybe I'll keep mine...

Paul Trendler · · Bend, Oregon · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 111

+1 for the Arc'Teryx Miura 50.

I've had mine for years and there is NO damage at all, I have no reason to need another pack that size.

rogerbenton · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 210

the miura seems to be the consensus, it sure looks awesome.

but for way less than half the price i scored a new old stock mountain hardware splitter off ebay.

it seems bomber and has a ton of room, (40L-45L i think).

i pack a trad rack w/60m rope inside mine, or rope on the outside when i need to carry a lot of food, water and extra layers.

it rides comfortably, has a daisy along the back to clip stuff into, outside pockets for stuff you need to get to often, and again it is built quite ruggedly.

i'd buy another at full price if this one vanished.

Mark Christensen · · Clawson, MI · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 0

I just ordered a Prophet 52 from The North Face to replace my aging crag pack. I'm hoping that it can be a pack-of-all-trades as my sport, trad, and alpine pack. I gave up on pockets and slinging gear to the outside of the pack. It all goes into the black hole with the exception of necessities. They ride high up top.

Richard Radcliffe · · Erie, CO · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 225
Ryan Hill wrote: From what I have seen I'd suggest the 50L version if you are carrying a larger rack, the 30 doesn't seem to be quite enough, especially if you carry the rope on the inside.
Ditto. And ditto on all the other positive comments about the Miura 50. I expect my unborn great grandchildren will be getting good use out of this thing, along with my 30 year old Gregory Cassin...
doligo · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 264

For a fraction of what Miura costs, you can get Lowe Alpine Boulder 30 pack. It has ton of gear loops inside and out, 2 inner pockets for shoes/water bottle, front loading. It's big enough to fit your climbing rope inside if all you're bringing is shoes and draws. I was able to fit my single rack, helmet, two pairs of shoes, water bottle and a light down jacket for fall/spring trad cragging (and carried my rope in the rope bag).

Edited to add: I'm not a huge fan of single-function packs like Arc'teryx Miura that are also super-expensive. Miura packs are awesome for what they do, but are too heavy/big/expensive for anything alpine or winter, IMO. My do-it-all crag/alpine/ice/backpacking pack is BD Speed 40L, btw. The Lowa pack I won in a raffle and love it, but I could probably still get a lot of mileage from my BD Speed.

Ray Pinpillage · · West Egg · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 180
doligo wrote:Edited to add: I'm not a huge fan of single-function packs like Arc'teryx Miura that are also super-expensive. Miura packs are awesome for what they do, but are too heavy/big/expensive for anything alpine or winter, IMO. My do-it-all crag/alpine/ice/backpacking pack is BD Speed 40L, btw. The Lowa pack I won in a raffle and love it, but I could probably still get a lot of mileage from my BD Speed.
I'm a huge fan of specialized gear. The worst packs I own are the ones that the manufacturer designed as "general purpose". That Speed 40 is a really great ice pack but a awful crag pack. I trashed a nice BD alpine pack using it for rock climbing every weekend, it cost $50 more than my Miura.

Also, there are a lot of less expensive crag packs that will more than work for simple cragging. I live near a very large sport climbing area where the walk in is usually less than an hour (usually 15 minutes), for that a BD Boa works great (a few of my friends use that). However, I climbed in Tuolomne this summer and did several 20 mile hikes with full racks and double ropes, water, clothing, and food for two people (50lb-60lb). The Miura has an absolutely superior waist belt and frame construction to anything that has been discussed in this thread. The Miura is more durable than anything mentioned so far too. Personally I think its undervalued.
Alexander Nees · · Grand Junction, CO · Joined Apr 2007 · Points: 720

If you want a cragging pack, I don't think you can go wrong with the Metolius Crag Station ( metoliusclimbing.com/crag_s… ). It's burly as hell, MSRP of only $99, made in the USA, it opens like a duffel, it doubles as a rope bucket, and it carries well enough. You wouldn't use it for alpine climbing or long approaches, but I've carried it for a couple hours at a stretch with no complaints. Only caveat is that you've got to fill it at least half full (maybe 20L) or it carries like crap, all collapsed around the waistbelt. Without a real suspension system the load has to "fill it out" and provide the necessary structure and rigidity.

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