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Welcome to GVP Gear

          Welcome to GVP Gear, home of the lightest large-volume backpack with a hip belt available, and now the G5 Gossamer, the lightest pack available anywhere. My G4 pack is the culmination of many experimental packs, and thousands of miles of trail testing. I was making packs for myself and a few friends, and made the instructions available at no cost, but kept getting requests for ready-made packs. So I made arrangements to have a few packs made. Two and a half years later, I have shipped over 1800 packs. I am selling them at a price to cover costs, write off a few backpacking trips, and plow some money back into non-profit wilderness organizations and startups. I have gained so much from so many others in the ultralight backpacking community; GVP Gear is my contribution. I am blessed with enough consulting engineering work to support my family, and am pleased to be able to offer these packs at low cost to make ultralight backpacking more accessible.

Glen "Homemade" Van Peski

CURRENT INVENTORY STATUS AS OF: July 24
Large: 33
Medium: 30
Small: 21
G5 Gossamer: 19
Closeout: 0

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