NPR: From ‘Book Strap’ To ‘Burrito’ - A History Of The School Backpack.
I carried a Sacs Millet climbing rucksack throughout the ‘70s. Great, great bag. Today? They should be using Ospreys, with proper back panels and waistbelts. Today’s terrible unconstructed shopping-bag-shaped nightmares must be painful as hell. Then again, you only see less than 1% of kids ever hoofing it home. Most sling the pack into the parental SUV and get driven home ... like the rich kids of my generation.
Later: Similar to mine. The crampon tie area turned out to be very handy.
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