View Full Version : How many miles on your pack?
I have got over 500 miles on my 2002 mountainsmith specter and, despite all the cheering on another thread, I don't feel a need to go out replace it with an osprey, or anything else, anytime soon. How many miles have you got on your pack?
1500+ miles on a Dana Design Bomb Pack
~1000 miles on my Mountainsmith Phantom
At least 10,000 miles on my North Face Bershrund(spelling?). Bought it about 1980...it has been a great companion. PCT,Yellowstone,Tetons,Rocky Mountain National park,Estes Park,ADKs,AT,etc. Nothing fancy but has never let me down. I have patched it tons of times,but it still works fine.
88BlueGT
12-31-2008, 03:55
not many at all... I have about 200 miles on my bag I guess? (Jansport Big Bear 5000). Honestly, I dont find it that comfortable and I wanted to go with something a bit lighter and smaller. I got a ULA Circuit in the mail on its way right now!! CANT WAIT!
My current pack only has about 500 or600 on it (ULA P2). It's predecessor, a Kelty Tioga, bought in 1978 would have well over 7000, 8000, or 10000, but that is strictly a guess. I've never really figured out how many total miles I've hiked. Might be fun to do some time, but I'm sure it still wouldn't be accurate. Longest single trip was 3300 miles.
OldStormcrow
12-31-2008, 09:36
At least 10,000 miles on my North Face Bershrund(spelling?). Bought it about 1980...it has been a great companion. PCT,Yellowstone,Tetons,Rocky Mountain National park,Estes Park,ADKs,AT,etc. Nothing fancy but has never let me down. I have patched it tons of times,but it still works fine.
I've got the same pack. A bit "old-school", but tough and practical. Ah, if that pack could talk, the places it's been!
stumpknocker
12-31-2008, 09:45
I have got over 500 miles on my 2002 mountainsmith specter and, despite all the cheering on another thread, I don't feel a need to go out replace it with an osprey, or anything else, anytime soon. How many miles have you got on your pack?
I've got 43.7 miles on mine. :)
BackTrack1
12-31-2008, 09:52
I have a North face badlands 75 pack, it has close to a 1000 miles on it, still in pretty good condition, although im looking at the ULA packs just cant decide wich one i want and if it will hold up while doing trail work, it's rough on my pack and dont know if i will kill it quike or not, anybody know how durable those packs are?
ive heard nothing but good things about them.
stumpknocker
12-31-2008, 09:56
I have a North face badlands 75 pack, it has close to a 1000 miles on it, still in pretty good condition, although im looking at the ULA packs just cant decide wich one i want and if it will hold up while doing trail work, it's rough on my pack and dont know if i will kill it quike or not, anybody know how durable those packs are?
ive heard nothing but good things about them.
I bought a ULA pack at the end of '03 after hiking around someone who was VERY rough on that pack. I saw how it held up and I liked the weight of it.
AND, I've really got more than 43.7 miles on it. :)
firemountain
12-31-2008, 10:05
My main pack right now is a Granite Gear Vapor Trail with about 2800 miles on it. Pack still works great but is looking pretty worn. Not sure what to get next, I am considering ULA though. I love everything about the Vapor Trail, but would not mind saving a little weight. Mine weighs 2lb 1oz after removing all excess material (size M).
garlic08
12-31-2008, 18:40
I thru hiked the AT last summer with my new Gossamer Gear G-5 (at 9 oz, advertised to last 1000 miles or 50 days) with only one small rip. Then I hiked less than 100 miles on the AZT the other week and tore the hell out of it 'shwacking' through cactus and barbed wire, so now it's garbage. Oh well, I got about 1200 miles more than expected out of it, and for $85, I'm really happy with it.
I've got the same pack. A bit "old-school", but tough and practical. Ah, if that pack could talk, the places it's been!
Very cool,I love that old pack. It is pretty beat up ,but still works fine. I am glad my pack can't talk,I would probably be in a world of trouble.:o I wish I kept a journal in the old days,that pack has lived a good life.
stumpknocker
12-31-2008, 19:40
I am glad my pack can't talk,I would probably be in a world of trouble.:o
Ha!!! I like that sentence. :)
i have an old dana that has over 5,000 and my deuter summer pack's got about 2 or 300. i had an old gregory that had so many i don't know but it finally fell into so many pieces i couldn't put humpty dumpty back together again.
Jan LiteShoe
12-31-2008, 19:45
I bought a ULA pack at the end of '03 after hiking around someone who was VERY rough on that pack.
Rough how?
Ha!!! I like that sentence. :)
Not surprised.
:D
stumpknocker
12-31-2008, 20:22
Rough how?
I wasn't talkin' about you dear. :eek:
I was talking about Dr Dolittle. When she took her ULA P1 off, she'd unbuckle it and let it drop. It still looked almost new when she finished her sobo on Springer that year.
[/quote]Not surprised.
:D[/quote]
Hey Jan; :bse
My retired but still functional old Gregory pack has about 3000 miles on it. My current Gregory Whitney has around 1500 and is like new still.
Auntie Mame
01-01-2009, 12:31
Just to put in another word for comfort and style (not!), I have about 1000 miles on a humble Mountainsmith Boundary pack: Extremely comfortable, spacious and well organized. Its no beauty, and its not a lightweight, but at 4.6 pounds, and ultra-cushiness, I'd buy one again. Probably will, too, if the hiker grunge smell can't be further reduced. Shoulder comfort is key, as is hip belt padding. The older I get the more I appreciate such things, especially after a stop in town and a fresh load of food. Its cheap, too, relatively speaking, I got it for under $100.
Happy '09, dear fellow travelers!
Auntie Mame
01-01-2009, 12:34
Oh, and in addition to the above mentioned features, the frame on this pack supports a load really well. In contrast to a Vapor Ki, it made a huge difference in comfort.
lucky luke
01-01-2009, 13:21
hi,
i got maybe 3000 miles on my gregory denali from 1985. i grew bigger ánd had to replace the hipbelt. since i was hiking at this time and a dana-designs was the only belt available it now has a dana belt on it. the rest has holes, but is in good shape for expeditions in the himalayans, alaska, s-america and the alps.
my northface renegade from 1998 has app. 1000 miles, mostly AT, on it, impeccable shape.
my osprey 60L has about 500 miles on it. impeccable.
i got 2 selfmade day and 2-daypacks made with cordura 1000. they will outlast me, no matter how many miles.
happy trails
lucky luke
The Solemates
01-02-2009, 03:43
~4500 miles on my gregory zpack
much more if you count airfare :)
Sleepy the Arab
01-02-2009, 19:46
About 6000 miles on a DD K2 Shortbed. The last 1000 straps started wearing down and breaking.
I got maybe 4hundred miles on my kelty redcloud and been thinking about gettin a external frame plus one like sarge had when I met him everything just rolled up inside it.don't know what it was called.
N.
Kerosene
01-03-2009, 11:30
685 miles on my Granite Gear Nimbus Ozone, spread out over 5 years. A little scuffed in places but works just fine.
2400 miles on an 08 ULA Conduit(still going strong) and over 4000 miles on an 05 Granite Gear Vapor Trail(great shape, stitching on back flap pulled once, because I overweighted it, but repaired promptly free of charge by Granite Gear).
How do you people keep track of the mileage? A log of every weekend? Every time you put a pack on, the pedometer comes out?
My gear is somewhere between a little and a lot in terms of use. About as precise as I get. :sun
saimyoji
01-03-2009, 21:34
sniff
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:cool:
maybe folks are just counting trail mileage that they know their pack has been with them plus a little extra for the weekend trips? that's what i did.
Blissful
01-03-2009, 21:43
1400plus on my gregory jade.
Sleepy the Arab
01-03-2009, 21:57
How do you people keep track of the mileage? A log of every weekend? Every time you put a pack on, the pedometer comes out?
My gear is somewhere between a little and a lot in terms of use. About as precise as I get. :sun
I've hiked roughly 7000 miles of the AT. I first got this pack in the Shendandoahs roughly 900 miles in*. Subtract 100 miles for slackpacking (give or take) and voila - 6000 miles with the pack.
And believe you me, it wasn't easy carrying that stuff in my arms for the first 900 miles! Thank you, I'm here all week! Try the veal and be sure to tip your waiters!
stumpknocker
01-03-2009, 22:11
How do you people keep track of the mileage? A log of every weekend? Every time you put a pack on, the pedometer comes out?
My gear is somewhere between a little and a lot in terms of use. About as precise as I get. :sun
Hey, are you talking to me?? I think you are talking to me!! Just because I said I had 34.7 miles on my pack, doesn't mean I pay that close attention to numbers. I'd like to keep writing, but I have to go to bed in 3 minutes and 53 seconds.
I've hiked roughly 7000 miles of the AT. I first got this pack in the Shendandoahs roughly 900 miles in*. Subtract 100 miles for slackpacking (give or take) and voila - 6000 miles with the pack.
maybe folks are just counting trail mileage that they know their pack has been with them plus a little extra for the weekend trips? that's what i did.
AS I said, youse are much smahta than this dummy...
Remember, my head hurts easily... :)
Pretty simple,but if we need to explain it you will never get it. :D
How do you people keep track of the mileage? A log of every weekend? Every time you put a pack on, the pedometer comes out?
My gear is somewhere between a little and a lot in terms of use. About as precise as I get. :sun
Pretty simple,but if we need to explain it you will never get it. :D
Seriously. Do you people count long hikes? Weekend backpacks? Everything you do?
Do skis and snowshoes count? A hike before or after work? Just long hikes?
I said it as a joke, but it never occurred to me to add up mileage. Runners keep logs; not many hikers do.
So, I'll stand my usual snarky, but accurate, reply: Somewhere between a lot and a little... ;)
So, I'll stand my usual snarky, but accurate, reply: Somewhere between a lot and a little... ;)
accurate? one persons little is another person's lot :)
Mags, I have always kept a pretty accurate journal. More of a hobby than anything. I like to look back at how much I have screwed up in life,with some gains .:D That being said I am one of those people that remember numbers,always have. Like the 11 pound 14 ounce pike I caught 16 years ago this past august 31st. Some stuff I do not remember more than a few days,like what my wife said to me on her way to bed.:o
Downhill Trucker
01-04-2009, 00:09
About 1,000 on my Dana Bombpack.
It's been all over the country and was literally destroyed by the woodrat at Corbin Cabin, SNP. Sewed back together, modified, it is way too heavy and big for the way I pack now... but I just can't part with it. Renamed the RatPack.
Jim Adams
01-04-2009, 00:42
lots....gett'in more!
geek
Mags, I have always kept a pretty accurate journal. More of a hobby than anything. I like to look back at how much I have screwed up in life,with some gains .:D That being said I am one of those people that remember numbers,always have. Like the 11 pound 14 ounce pike I caught 16 years ago this past august 31st. Some stuff I do not remember more than a few days,like what my wife said to me on her way to bed.:oI had started journaling my first five or so years of hiking, but it got away from me (lost it). Wish I had kept it up. Would help to jog my bad memory of some memories I wish were not lost. Like this past fall when I did from Sam's Gap, TN to US19-E. I did that stretch as part of a 210-mile hike from I-40 to Damascus about 25 years ago. There were some features that I came to that I had completely forgotten about.
How do you people keep track of the mileage? A log of every weekend? Every time you put a pack on, the pedometer comes out?
My gear is somewhere between a little and a lot in terms of use. About as precise as I get. :sun
Fair question. It's easy for me because the miles I have on my packs are almost always from long distance thru-hikes. The miles are not from lots of short or day hikes. I just add up my trail miles that I've hiked using that pack. I know that I used the same ULA Conduit on 2100 trail miles of the PCT, 100 miles of the Foothills Trl.(some added side routes), and another 200 miles in Grand Canyon NP and Great Smokey Mountains NP. Ouila 2400 trail miles. AND, I never included the countless miles my packs have seen on buses, cars, planes, boats, bicycles, and pack animals. Mags U have been spending way too much time with the gear wonks on BPL. LOL.
Cookerhiker
01-04-2009, 23:04
...at least 1,500 miles (in 4 1/2 years) and going strong.
Worldwide
01-05-2009, 05:01
My current GG Vapor Trail has about 4-5k and smells like I muck privies with it!
500 miles on my ULA P-2 and still counting. Another 2-300 will be added this summer....
F. Mags U have been spending way too much time with the gear wonks on BPL. LOL.
Hey..I am not the one tabulating every thing I've done precisely. Remember, my gear has been used somewhere between a little and a lot. :D (OK..now I can 6 miles of ski touring today. Maybe I'll have a more precise measure next year. ;) )
Hey..I am not the one tabulating every thing I've done precisely. Remember, my gear has been used somewhere between a little and a lot. :D (OK..now I can 6 miles of ski touring today. Maybe I'll have a more precise measure next year. ;) )
Wait a minute. I mean wait 58 secs...
Hey..I am not the one tabulating every thing I've done precisely. Remember, my gear has been used somewhere between a little and a lot. :D (OK..now I can 6 miles of ski touring today. Maybe I'll have a more precise measure next year. ;) )
I guess I tend towards Mags' way of keeping track. Hence my guess of 7000, 8000, or 10000 miles. No idea really but towards the "lot" realm for my old pack, towards the "little" realm for my new one.
I think I'll stick with this system of tracking - much simpler.
I think I'll stick with this system of tracking - much simpler.
Indeed. The salt, sweat and dirt stains just add up after a while. :) (This is all in good fun folks. Try not to take it too seriously. :D)