Want to lighten up? Pack wisely and use a running vest. You’re a hardcore tramper, nothing less than multiday epics, or, at the quicker end of the scale, a cheeky overnighter. Your pack is no less hardcore: perhaps it’s canvas chosen for its indestructibility, one of the original 1990s purple Macpac jobs, or even a […]
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