Several months ago I wrote in this space about an Osprey backpack that I’d purchased for my 9-year-old daughter, and how it contributed to a 100 percent successful two-night trip into the backcountry ...
When it comes to backpacking, I’ve never considered myself a gear snob. For about a decade, I used a perfectly serviceable rust-colored Kelty backpack that I picked up at a New Jersey camping store on ...