A hiker wanted to cross a river in the mountains of Riobamba, Ecuador. The woman threw her backpack to the other side of the ...

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

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Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport, designed a widely ...