When you necessity exceptional load Strength with plenty of performance features, the Makalu Pro 70 Backpacking Backpack is the smallest and lightest pack in the Gregory Professional Series; Built specifically as a lightweight, high-altitude pack. As an experienced backpacker or an accomplished mountaineer, you're probably already aware that the longer you're out in the field wearing your pack, the more you rely on adjustable features to customize and adjust the load on your shoulders and back. The Makalu Pro 70 offers more adjustment Choices than other packs with Close carrying capacities. Easy-access stabilizer straps around your shoulders, hips and sternum allow you to fine tune your suspension. The Adjust-A-Cant waistbelt provides three different cant settings. The Flo-Form II shoulder harness is contoured and sculpted to wrap comfortably over your shoulders and around your chest. The Auto-Cant Shoulder Harness System adjusts automatically for optimum fit and comfort. The Dual Density Wilderness Waistbelt features sculpted tri-density foam padding that hugs your hips without pinching or binding. The floating partial framesheet provides flexible Strength and helps Safe guard your back from the strains commonly associated with a week or more on the Path. The Aero-Tech mesh back panel offers cushioned comfort in the form of a special thermoformed foam with a cushioned insert and molded air channels. An occipital cutout provides Additional head clearance and a load transfer belt stiffener provides maximum load transfer to your hips. Whip off the top pocket and you can convert it into a fanny pack with a built-in 2-inch wide web belt--an ideal necessity for scouting out the lay of the land ahead. The Shelter-Rite reinforced bottom is completely H2Oproof and virtually tear proof, so you don't have to worry about soaking or losing your contents inside the pack. Remove the waistbelt and gear racking system if you necessity to lighten up this top loading Gregory pack.