Soelden 42

Caught me before my first cup of coffee. 😁 Just to be explicit about it, a theoretical max carryon on my usual airline is 45 L. Travel backpacks have settled right around 40 L because you lose some volume to the bag itself and soft bags don't have the sharp edges and corners that make up some of tha

I have a Flash 22! And yeah, no judgement from me about wanting more for longer days and into the winter. What's a technical hike? Anyway, a couple backpacks I have and like - I love my Osprey Stratos 34 for longer days and winter hikes. It's a decent amount of capacity, has a great frame, and that'

Reviews of them are usually pretty bad. The laptop adds a bit of a wrinkle: I'm usually happier to throw my laptop in the overhead so using a small sling for my personal items isn't really a problem. I guess my best suggestion there would be to get the smallest messenger that fits your laptop and we

The Allpa is an odd choice to me. It opens sideways and has weird mesh baffles in it. Do you really not own any backpacks at all? I was curious enough to look up Acatenango. It sounds awesome! From what I saw, it looks like people usually take two days to do it, staying in cabin things. I'd highly r

I think you're asking too much here. Although one of my friends uses a Kelty Redwing (36?) this way. He says it's tough to get all his multi day stuff secured though. I actually don't own a travel backpack per se. You see the Farpoint 40 recommended a lot. Despite that, it has a just-ok harness (but

Probably about a dozen. Mostly different outdoor sports bags. I use them for outdoor sports. 😂 I actually don't own a purpose-built travel bag. I frequently want to do some outdoors sport or another when I'm traveling and want that bag. Between my Osprey Soelden 42 and my Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault

I tried on an Escapist the other day. It fits weird. Honestly I don't think 3-4 L here and there is enough to really distinguish backpacks. At that point, choose on features. I have an Osprey Stratos 34 I love but haven't tried skiing in. I'm not sure if the frame might be too much. I have an Osprey

Ooh. Yeah, I use a little smaller backpack (Mystery Ranch 2 Day Assault Pack) for travel when it's that short a trip. But if you mean wilderness backpacking, it's very, very small unless you're pretty deep into ultralight and those people usually know who they are. That being said, top loaders kinda

How much climbing gear are we talking? I wrote a bunch more but it's pretty TL;DR. I think if you're only carrying personal gear, like a bum, it'll be fine. If you're also carrying quick draws and/or the rope, and you're not an ultralight masochist, it'll be way too small and also not stiff enough.

Oh, good luck. The rope especially is a pretty big driver of needing a bigger, more technical pack. You could see if Dakine makes something you can use. Look at the ski touring packs: these often have accommodation for a rope and Dakine likes to make packs that do double duty. What else... Black Dia