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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Meet My New Backpack: Golite Pursuit-- of happiness I hope
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After a few months of near certainty that I am going with the Gregory Baltoro 70 -- the Cadillac deFille of backpacks -- I have shifted. I bought a used Gregory pack that is 5.5 lbs on Craig's List for $50. I loaded it up with 40 lbs of groceries.
I was floored. No way do I want to carry that much stuff into the wilderness on the JMT.
The winner for the Ides of March Pack of the Month? is GoLite's Pursuit. Looks like it has everything I need.
Lighter by 3.5 lbs.
Smaller -- which makes sense for the long haul -- many more overnights, two day hikes in my future and not so many 10 day blitzes.
Best of all -- it has a relatively cool design and comes apart. The top of the bag doubles with the removable belt as a fanny pack.
So it will fit in nicely with my future trail runs up in the Green Mountains, Adirondacks, and Cascades out here near home.
It got a good review in Backpacker Gear Magazine.
Now if I could just find my shoes. - Leaning toward Keens just because they have a bigger toe box.
Meanwhile, I am walking around wet Seattle in some nice Teva low cut bookts -- $100+ online I picked up at Ross Dress For Less for $22.
That is the other thing I like about the GoLite Pursuit -- $150 v $289 @ REI for the Gregory.
Gregory seems to have missed the part where we're in a Depression. Zero sales.
Maybe their customer base is insulated (so far) from the economic flux.
Hope the Golite has the straps I need.
Basta.
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