I’ve been lucky enough to travel all my life, both for work and pleasure, from the arctic to equatorial tropics to scorching deserts. And I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the right backpack.

Recently, I looked through the photos of my Great Western Loop trip in 2007. My, my—I had such a small and light pack. But the trend has been moving in the wrong direction ever since, and for about a ...

Osprey touts its Aether Pro backpack as ‘the one pack’ for all adventures. We tackle multi-day treks and alpine ski trips to test that claim. At Australian Geographic Adventure, it’s that time of year ...