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I spent the late 1990s and early 2000s outfitting people for their next big adventure. Packs, tents, stoves, clothes, canoes — you name it — I was the guy in a little camping store in the center of ...

When I first started getting into backpacking, around a decade ago, virtually all serious backpacks were external frame. Now it seems to be harder and harder to find good external frame packs. What ...

Called the Ventra Mainframe, the company touts it as a “universal breathable suspension frame.” It’s sold as an add-on frame unit that gives breathability, comfort, and support to otherwise difficult, ...

Backpacks today look nothing like the metal and canvas contraptions of the 1970s. Removable internal supports made of plastic have replaced external frames, and ripstop nylon now reigns supreme. No ...

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These outdated backpacking trends may no longer have a place in our packs, but it will always have a place in our hearts.