Maybe a PNW thing, but there was a lot of stuff going on in the late '60s/early '70s to change the way that we hiked, climbed, stayed dry and rode bikes--and Murray McCory (who was a recent industrial design grad from U of Washington) started JanSport in 1967 with his Mom, Dad and his soon-to-be wife Jan.
A garage start-up to a major company with one of the first aluminum frame packs, and the first good small backpack that got launched in the UW bookstore and became a thing...
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