Wayne Gregory designed his first backpack at the young age of 14. Talk about natural born talent. I don't know many 14-year-olds that just decided to start designing backpacks one day. Wayne eventually started his own company that made external frame backpacks. He quickly got bored with external frames and stopped that business to do some freelance design work. After some time of freelancing, Wayne got sucked back into the backpack industry with the advent of soft packs and internal frames. This is when Gregory the company was born, in 1977.

Back in the day, Wayne worked to perfect his backpacks and keep the spirit of innovation and creativity alive. Today, Gregory backpacks are continuing to follow these beliefs with every pack made. In case you didn't know, he was the first to build Gregory backpacks with different harness, waist belt, and frame sizes to enhance comfort on the trail. Gregory is also the first producer of a waistbelt that adjusts to fit different angles of hips. I don't think you can call that anything but innovative and creative.

Nobody can overlook the awesomeness that is the Gregory Baltoro or the Gregory Palisade. These Gregory backpacks are for the intense backpacker, who is planning a long adventure, and needs a comfortable pack. But what about the Gregory daypacks? These Gregory daypacks are just as cool but are used for different reasons, such as lighter day hikes.

Gregory has you covered, whether you need an intense Gregory overnight pack or a lighter Gregory technical daypack. My GF and I were trying to decide which is the best Gregory pack and we couldn't agree on just one. They are all just that good. We kind of got in a fight about it. I had to buy her flowers and apologize. She's really passionate about Gregory backpacks.