Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Solo Tripping :: Backpacking pack
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npduluth |
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butthead |
Torrid 2 GG Nimbus Core REI Traverse, GG Nimbus Core I use internal frame backpacks, and hiking daypacks. Camptrails Torrid 2, REI Traverse Haute Route, Granite Gear Nimbus Core, all purchased used/closeout. Daypacks, Camelbak 14ner (not pictured), Granite Gear Talus. Easier to fit in solo canoes, narrower and lay down below the gunnels. Hold as much as needed, the REI Traverse is too big for my use. Much more stable and comfortable. Most framed packs do not accommodate canoe carry, but I double portage anyway. I have tripped with portage style packs and feel they were inconvenient, went back to framed backpacks and will stay with them. REI Traverse in rear, Nimbus Core in bow, both full frame packs. I carried the canoe with the Nimbus Core. butthead |
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Cloznuff |
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Bannock |
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npduluth |
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jaycopeck |
If the backpack is your only pack, you may have to double portage. This wasn't an issue for me because I had the second pack and had to double, and sometimes triple, portage anyway. |
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inspector13 |
The only disadvantage I can see is that your regular backpack may sit higher above your shoulders and could interfere with you carrying your canoe if you were attempting to cross the portage once with everything. Otherwise in my experience with carrying a pack and canoe on separate trips, a regular backpack is easier and more comfortable to carry. |
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billconner |
FWIW You can pick up used ones at outfitters in the $60 range - at least later in the year and spring. I built up a collection of 6 or 7 Kondos #3's - use them still for weekend camping - and have acquired a couple of CCS packs since. |