When you are ready to start your adventure, an Osprey pack is ready to carry your gear. Osprey founded in 1974, and during that time, Mike Pfotenhauer, the founder has gone over every single product that carries the name Osprey. That is just one of the reasons why Osprey produces such high quality, dependable packs. Mike still remembers backpacking as a young boy in his home state of Oregon with his brothers and father, wearing a backpack with an awful fit. With the help of his mother, he learned to sew, and created his first backpack at age 16 and solved the problem of having an awful and the discomfort that goes along with it. Today because of folks like Mike, we don't have to sew our own bags to get what we need for our next adventure, we simply need to pick up on Osprey pack.