Originally Posted By Glenn Roberts
Since you seem to be OK with larger and heavier packs, you might look at the Mystery Ranch Terraplane. It looks suspiciously identical to the long-gone Dana Designs Terraplane, which was The Pack way back when. I had one, and loved it (except for the 8-pound weight) - it's advertised claim that it made a 100 pound load feel like 60 was true. (It was a couple of years before I figured out that, for the trips I took, I would never carry 60 pounds, let alone 100. smile )

That pack is the physical incarnation of overkill. If I were going on world expeditions and planning to live out of my backpack for years, it's one I'd consider.

But my max load will probably never exceed 55 pds, and will usually be about 45 pds, so a 100 pd capacity pack is way more than I need... or virtually everyone else for that matter.