In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:
> I guess you may be onto something there Toby. That full zipped opening would work well in a crag setting, and also the load carrying comfort would probably be better than most packs that are explicitly designed for cragging. Still, it's quite a lot to pay for a pack if you intend to leave it sat around at the bottom of routes for much of its working life.
Very fair and it doesn't seem Osprey is trying to sell it that way. I've got a feeling that with weight and the cost as detractors but the aesthetics and environmental credentials as positives, they might be trying to sell it to the same type of people who buy those cotton Fjallraven smocks and trousers. I know Rob quite liked the fjallraven stuff he tried, and it is very popular in the Nordics, but it never seemed an obvious solution for UK hill conditions. They same might go for this pack - but if you like the "story", then why not? It sounds like it works perfectly well and will probably last forever!
Perhaps someone who ONLY wants to own one pack and will use it as crag pack at Stanage, weekend hill walking in the Lakes and on annual trip to do some winter Munros, will find it perfect. And it will look pretty cool as they cycle home from Waitrose with the shopping on their fixie.