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Dear Ellen,<BR>
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I have a Kelty Red Wing (I think that's the model) that I got for the last time I walked the pilgrimage and liked very much. It has a fairly light internal frame, some padding on the back, comfortably padded shoulder straps, and a proper hip belt, decent external pockets, all valuable backpacking features but not so usual on a small pack. It also has a big double U-zipper (starting low on each side and up over the top - this means you can lay it flat and open it like a suitcase or a partner standing behind can open the top while you've got the pack on. It weighs 5 pounds. I've used it since the camino and 'm looking forward to using it again next month. My pack weighed five pounds so at twenty pounds total, it was a quarter of the load. I certainly wouldn't want to walk without the padding, some kind of frame and hip belt. <BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>donald<BR>
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