By Karenna Awtry If you’ve been searching for a high-performing lightweight backpack, chances are you aren’t planning to take it out for a leisurely stroll along an easy trail. Light-and-fast hiking means you are in the market for a pack that has well-thought-out organization, a body hugging fit and specially made features will keep you [...]
By Karenna Awtry Gregory Dispsea for women will take you from the natural trail, from work to the gym, or on the streets of your favorite urban park. When you’re a girl on the run the pack you’ll want to carry is the one that will keep up without getting in the way. Gregory packs [...]
By Karenna Awtry The Osprey Talon 44 hiking backpack is light — under 3 lbs., in fact. That’s not such an amazing feat in the realm of ultra-light adventure-racing packs, some of which boast weights of well under 2 lbs. What’s truly amazing about Osprey’s Talon 44 is that this day-weight pack isn’t a daypack [...]
By Karenna Awtry Trail runners, mountain bikers and day hikers alike will find a refreshing blend of function and comfort in the unisex GoLite Rush Pack. This featherweight little number is amazingly stable when you’re hitting your stride on a good, long run. At a strikingly light 1 lb., 2 oz. average weight, the Rush’s [...]