Taking matters into his own hands, he learned to sew from his mother and created his first backpack. With dimensions of 48 × 28 × 28 cm, the hiking backpack is a permitted piece of hand luggage according to the IATA standard. These cookies or similar technologies are necessary for the operation of our services and cannot be deactivated.

Little did he know, he would eventually stitch together the legacy of meticulous craftmanship for which Osprey is widely renowned. Designed to fit everything you need for a day’s hike/ride/run it has simple easy to use storage with space to stash your valuables (scratch-free pocket), additional layers (shove-it pocket) and water bottles/snack bars (Powermesh pockets™).

It shares the other pack’s single compartment with hydration pocket design, although this pack uses a zip-top opening rather than a lid and clip closure. Shell started the Camping with Style blog after a serious snowboarding accident which left her with a broken back. Sustainably made, the Hikelite's main body fabrics are Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certified and bluesign approved. Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are a family of human-made, fluorine-containing chemicals. Small and light comes with limitations and this is not a pack you would want to overload due to the lack of weight transfer to the hip belt.

A tensioned mesh backpanel keeps the weight off your back, enabling highly ventilated carrying comfort.From open water swimming, snowboarding and kayaking to hill walks and meditation, Shell shares her travels and microadventures here on the blog and in various publications she's written for, Shell has a particular interest in promoting wellbeing and the many benefits of nature therapy. This means the brand has sourced factories who have passed an audit, so their worker rights, environmental impact and social compliance is up to scratch. Spacer mesh is placed over die-cut foam on the shoulder straps to provide more breathable, comfortable contact points, padded nicely to stop them from digging in.

Osprey describe it as a pared-down pack; as someone who feels their packs tend to have too many features, complicated closing mechanisms etc this can only be a good thing. A useful front top pocket made from scratch-free fabric is big enough for sunglasses, phone, windshirt and gloves and has a key clip as well as tiny pocket which could be used for stowing keys but is too small and fiddly for most phones.This restricts the amount of weight you will want to carry in this pack, but the size suits lightweight days in any case. Information is provided free of charge; it is every walker's responsibility to check it and to navigate safely.