Black Diamond  Crag 40 Pack

I bought this bag a few days ago, absolutely love it. Great bag for a day at the crag, holds all your gear, and more. Chest and waist straps offer great comfort and support when hiking/making your approach to the climbing site. I'd highly recommend this bad for any climber looking for an outdoor day at the crag kinda bag.

The Crag 40 is light, simple and great for a day out on the rock. I skipped a star on the review because I know that the pack can be even better. A snap button - like at the bottom of your belay parka - added to the top of the zipper would be a big improvement. I found the zipper slipping open under a full load.

Maybe one of my all-time favourites for gear! This is my go to, especially for alpine climbing. What? Yeah, it's burly enough for an occasional haul. It's simple. It carries all the gear on the approach. And sure, I don't need 40L for the climb, but I really like not overstuffing my pack on an alpine climb. The side zipper makes it super easy to access any of my gear, without worrying I'm gonna drop something trying to access what's underneath. PLEASE BD...keep this puppy going!

Got this as a gift for my son. Here's his personal review. "Love this pack, thanks Mom! It's been a great pack for the the crag! I can't even tell you how nice it's been to be able to through all of my sport climbing gear in here and hike into the crag. It's very light weight with plenty of space and a few loops on the outside. Perfect for a day trip, highly recommend for anyone with a small to moderate amount of gear. As a first climbing bag it's amazing."

Only complaint. No water bottle pockets on the side. Otherwise it holds all the things I need for trad and sport. So your climbing partner will be in charge of snacks and hydration lol.

This backpack is perfect for the local crag or multi week climbing adventures. It's extremely durable, the waist straps eases carrying heavy weight, the built in rope strap is extremely convenient, as well as the interior where there are perfect pockets to put your shoes in, phone and wallet, keys, etc. - as well as the huge main pocket for the remaining stuff you'll bring.

I already loved the old version of this pack. It is super simple, lightweight but sturdy enough to get thrown around over sandstone every day. It's comfy enough for a long approach, but nothing extra here. This newer version/colorway seems to have a bit sturdier fabrics without sacrificing weight. Great pack.

Perfect climbing pack! Can fit plenty of gear from a monster rack at the creeek, to a sport climbing rack and all the snacks for the more chill sport climbing days. Doesn’t do great hauling offwidth gear but that’s obvious. So run out the off width section and take triple of everything else!!

Easily fit a 70m rope, harness, helmet, shoes, full set of nuts, double rack of Cams(doubles of 0. 3 to 3, 5 offsets, and a number 4), 8 alpine draws, half a dozen extra slings, cordelettes, belay and rappel devices, and extra carabiners. Even with all that, still very comfortable to wear.

This thing fits everything for a day of climbing inside. Rack, rope, draws, shoes, helmet. Material feels very durable. I wouldn't hesitate to haul this thing a few pitches, but I mainly use it for single pitch "crag" days.