So Steve and I headed over to the REI in Arcadia for the first day of their sale. I am so exstatic that I got an awesome deal on my backpack for the trip. I was realitically expected to pay around $250- 300 for this, and got it on sale for only $120 after tax! Very exciting...what wasn't so exciting was the fact that I had to wear it for like 20 minutes fully loaded with 27 lbs. : ( I need to do some condition for this bad boy a.s.a.p.