Hi,
I am making the transition from dayhiker to dayhiker/backpacker and have been dragging my wife along for the ride. She is going to be doing her first overnighter the easy way (via the huts), but we are planning a couple of overnights for the fall and have already agreed on doing the MSGT in the late spring.
She currently uses a Kelty Redwing for day hikes and will be taking it to the huts. She will need something bigger to accomodate more stuff for backpacking trips and I would like to keep an eye on web deals and pick one out.
Right now, her possibilities would be to use my EMS Ascent Rucksack, an REI LongTrail which I dont use anymore, or the Kelty I previously mentioned.
The questions I had were:
Does it matter whether its a female specific pack or not?
Does anyone have any suggestions for packs that would make a good starter that could be used for overnighters to up to 3 or 4 days.
As usual, the help is always appreciated.
Dundare
I am making the transition from dayhiker to dayhiker/backpacker and have been dragging my wife along for the ride. She is going to be doing her first overnighter the easy way (via the huts), but we are planning a couple of overnights for the fall and have already agreed on doing the MSGT in the late spring.
She currently uses a Kelty Redwing for day hikes and will be taking it to the huts. She will need something bigger to accomodate more stuff for backpacking trips and I would like to keep an eye on web deals and pick one out.
Right now, her possibilities would be to use my EMS Ascent Rucksack, an REI LongTrail which I dont use anymore, or the Kelty I previously mentioned.
The questions I had were:
Does it matter whether its a female specific pack or not?
Does anyone have any suggestions for packs that would make a good starter that could be used for overnighters to up to 3 or 4 days.
As usual, the help is always appreciated.
Dundare