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Our
UL Alpine Packs are famous for their simplicity, failsafe
ruggedness, and outstanding performance level. They have been
used on many Expeditions around the world over the last 30 years
and have adapted well to general backpacking. McHale
Packs are Custom Made entirely in Seattle Washington.
Dan Mazur at SummitClimb.com
gets a kick from his McHale Packs.
If you insist
on minimum pack weights, McHale Packs offers these ultra-light
packs. You may be able to find even lighter packs, but consider
the mechanical advantage McHale Packs offer. Our packs comfortably
carry more weight per cubic inch of volume and per ounce of weight.
People that go out regularly year after year know that pack performance
trumps pack weight. These are not fragile packs. They are made
from our standard selection of tough US made and quality imported
fabrics ( we tear test all of our fabrics to make sure they meet
our standards ) and are built to our reliable high standards.
Back in the mid 80s we called our climbing rucksac 'rocksac'.
This is were the acronym SARC came from: Super
Alpine Rocksac like the one pictured
below and like the pack (S-Sarc) Mark Bebier climbed Mt Forakers
Infinite Spur with in 1989. Click photos for a larger image.
Climbers in the North Cascades near Eldorado Peak in 1992 with
Super-Sarcs, Dan McHale photo.
Get
a handle on figuring pack volumes Secondary
Menu Index - see
pack volumes - go figure (click)
Prices
are on the detail pages after you click the thumbnail images below.
Click on the images
below for detail pages - Until
the features page is reinstituted please understand that even
though we show 'models' of packs, the way the customizing really
works is everything you see is an option and can be mixed and
matched, but it is far easier to start with examples like those
below and add or subtract features from them. Any feature
that is seen on one pack can be applied on any other pack with
few exceptions. P&G
Bayonet Frame Extensions - example photo click here
Above: LBP Sale
36, 37,
38 , LBP
P&G 37, 39 click images or numbers
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Zero SARC with zipper
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UnLtd S- SARC P&G (S-Sarc+1",+2"....)
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S-SARC P&G
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Above: Color examples of Dyed Full Dyneema packs.
Click below for DYNEEMA info.
http://www.dsm.com/en_US/html/hpf/applications_textiles.htm
Critical Mass Packs; Although we sell mostly
the lighter Sarc Series packs above, we sell a surprising number, in
these days of 'UL', of the CM packs below. If you truly need a pack
to carry loads that are 60, 70, 80, 90 lbs and above, do yourself a
favor and try one of these amazing packs. They do not have that oppressive
and strangling feeling like many other big internal frame packs and
are more like what people wish internal frame packs AND external frame
packs were like. They are a very different machine and the best big
load packs on the market, as well as the lightest.
Bypass Harness Information Critical
Mass Frame Strength Information Hip Belt
Info Critical Mass Lumbar Pad Information
Above: A Dyed Full Dyneema CMII, a Dyed Full Dyneema CM Bayonet Panel
Loader, and a 420 CM Bayonet Panel loader, and a Twin Zipper
MB-CMII.
"Big load, long trail & hard climb, all eliminate by
my Critical Mass Alpine II Bayonet. I just focus to climb until summit
and safety down. A great success on Mt. Yari with my friends and McHale
Pack. Thanks a lot, Ben" (click image for blow-up)
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