Whether you’ve just picked up a brand new hiking backpack and are coming to terms with its design and capabilities, or have been using the same old MacPac since 1989, one thing is for sure – it will ...

Every backpack I've had since a leather-bottomed JanSport has had a little nylon ice-ax loop on it, but I've never actually used one of these loops for its intended purpose. At the trailhead, I just ...