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Old issues of Backpacker are online.

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Oct 16, 2009 at 1:00 pm #1240304

Jack H.
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Locale: Sacramento, CA

Via Google Books

Oct 17, 2009 at 9:02 am #1537222

Jack H.
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Locale: Sacramento, CA

bump! This is actually really, really cool people.

Oct 17, 2009 at 12:52 pm #1537249

Cayenne Redmonk
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@redmonk
Locale: Greater California Ecosystem

whoa !!!

This is really cool !

Oct 17, 2009 at 1:05 pm #1537250

Roger B
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@rogerb
Locale: Denmark

What is really interesting is looking at the old advertisements, do you have or have used what was advertised in backpacker 10, 20, 30 years ago?

My answer is to somethings yes but mostly no.

Thanks for the link, plenty of winter reading here.

Oct 17, 2009 at 1:07 pm #1537251

John Whynot
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@jdw01776
Locale: Southeast Texas

I browsed through these old issues on Google Books several months ago (I also remember reading the originals when I was in high school). Somehow Backpacker's latest incarnation just doesn't compare to the old issues from the 70's. Thanks for the reminder about them.

It's also interesting to see the companies that are no longer around. I owned equipment from Trailwise, Snow Lion, and Fabiano — all 3 are gone…

Oct 17, 2009 at 1:59 pm #1537261

Roger Caffin
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@rcaffin
Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

The ads are more 'interesting' than the articles (in a way). And there are PLENTY of full pages ads there! In fact, with that much advertising in each issue, I reckon they should have been able to give the mag away.

Cheers

Oct 17, 2009 at 2:08 pm #1537267

David Ure
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@familyguy

Thanks for this!

Fun too look back at the year I was born (Sorry Roger).

Amazing how, for the most part, gear design seams to be recycled over time – especially shelters.

Oct 17, 2009 at 2:09 pm #1537268

Brad Groves
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@4quietwoods
Locale: Michigan

It IS really cool! Starting "winter 1973;" neat vintage, historical reference. I started poking around one issue and found an old Leica add–espousing, among other things, its light weight–and a review of 50 down/50 feather sleeping bags. For those hesitant, there is no charge for looking at the stuff, either…

Dec 16, 2009 at 6:26 pm #1554558

Ross Bleakney
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@rossbleakney
Locale: Cascades

You are right. This is really, really, cool. Prior to this, I had two choices for online Backpacker Magazine content: One, rely on the Backpacker site, or two, my local library. The Backpacker site was notoriously poor. It didn't list all of the material that was in the magazine (or it left out charts, etc.). The search functionality through my local library was good, but I had to sign into my account and do a bunch more navigating. This is much better on all counts. Thanks for the tip!
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