Packing for a climb/Backpack suggestions
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silveralt wrote:Crag pack. Sport climbing.I edited my last post. Great deal! spadout.com/p/arc-teryx-miu… spadout.com/p/arc-teryx-miu… |
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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. |
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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... |
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+1 for the Arc'Teryx Miura 50. |
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the miura seems to be the consensus, it sure looks awesome. |
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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. |
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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... |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |