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means A bag worn on the back with two shoulder straps, used to carry belongings while keeping your hands free.
from A plain English compound of "back" (Old English bæc, the rear of the body) and "pack" (a bundle of goods, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pak). The word is fairly modern — an early 20th-century American coinage — arriving later than its older cousin "rucksack," borrowed straight from German, where Rücken means "back" and Sack means "bag."
- ancient gear
- Otzi the Iceman carried one 5,300 years ago
- word origin
- American slang from the 1900s, German roots
- weight rule
- Should stay under 20% of body weight
- space tested
- NASA's jetpack version costs millions per unit
- two straps
- Halve spinal load versus a single shoulder bag
osprey atmos ag 65 — most popular multi-day hiking backpack, designed for load carrying up to 65 liters
gregory baltoro — expedition pack used by mountaineers, carries 70-100lbs on 8000m peaks
fjallraven kanken — iconic swedish backpack sold since 1978, over 10 million units worldwide
arc'teryx alpha sv — technical climbing pack with integrated harness, $395 premium daypack