The Osprey Aether Plus 85 is designed to carry heavy loads when trekking. We head into the alpine backcountry to test this big bopper out. When multi-day trekking, there are a few key basics that make ...

I’ve been lucky enough to travel all my life, both for work and pleasure, from the arctic to equatorial tropics to scorching deserts. And I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the right backpack.

Recently, I looked through the photos of my Great Western Loop trip in 2007. My, my—I had such a small and light pack. But the trend has been moving in the wrong direction ever since, and for about a ...