Work-to-Gym Climbing Pack Vents the Funk From Your Junk: Review http://bit.ly/2WeOEdj

The Trango City Sender is a work-to-gym pack that eliminates one of the most frustrating things about climbing packs: the smell.

Most climbers today climb indoors, and the trend of pulling on plastic shows no signs of stopping. This massive group of psyched consumers has spawned climbing gym-specific shoes, apparel, and gear.

Gym bags address the specific needs of the urban plastic-puller. There’s no need for the larger volume of most backpacks, and gym climbing often comes after a workday.

Trango released the City Sender Pack in late February for this specific audience. We’ve tested this gym and mobile warrior bag nonstop.

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One of the coolest functions is its shoe venting technology. The pack not only compartmentalizes your shoes away from your work essentials, but it also vents to the outside, eliminating the stuffy, smelly gym bag problem.

In short: The Trango City Sender is a durable 24L shoulder bag. It carries all the necessities of indoor climbing as well as transports work essentials like notebooks, a computer, and accessories. Beyond the climbing shoe pocket, the City Sender has additional climbing-specific compartments for your chalk and gear.

City Sender Design: Trango Targets Gym Climbers

The City Sender has a single strap that can be rigged as a shoulder sling on either side or as a messenger-style bag. Trango constructed the pack with durable-feeling Titan Wrap 1,000-denier, PVC-coated tarpaulin fabric. The pack is accessible via a closure flap at the top that is secured by magnetic Fidlocks. The City Sender also functions as a panel-loader, the front panel opening completely via a pair of welded, water-resistant zippers.

The pack’s interior reveals climbing-specific features. A dedicated zipped pocket keeps chalk contained, and a shoe pocket vents to the outside to promote drying. A daisy chain prevents belay devices from falling out, or to the bottom, of the pack.

Features on the City Sender also cater to the digital nomad or student. The padded back panel has a computer sleeve (big enough for a 15-inch notebook) that’s accessible from both the outside and inside of the pack. The front of the pack has an organizer pocket with a reflective loop for a cycling blinker, while the top of the closure flap houses a fleece-lined electronics pocket. An expandable water bottle pocket lies on one side of the City Sender, and a small zipped pocket with a key clip resides on the carry strap. Finally, there are a pair of haul loops at the top of the pack.

The Trango City Sender has a verified weight of 2 pounds 2 ounces.

The City Sender in Use

I appreciated the climbing-specific features on the City Sender during a month of solid use, especially the chalk bag and shoe pockets. Those compartments kept chalk dust and gym shoe funk from infiltrating other items in the bag. I managed to stuff a chalk bucket into the chalk bag pocket; the shoe compartment is only big enough for a single pair of size 10 men’s shoes.

I found the City Sender easier to load from the top but accessed my goods at the gym through the front. The capacity was on the small side for me; a full work day plus a gym day filled the 24L pack to the brim, the non-expandable top closure flap barely engaging with the magnetic Fidlocks. Climbing gear, gym clothing, lunch, jacket, computer, electronic accessories, and mobile office goods maxed out the internal capacity; if a rope was required it was carried separately.

The external water bottle pocket expanded easily to secure a 1L insulated steel bottle, and the fleece-lined electronics pocket was big enough for an external drive and cord. The front organizer pocket held office supplies. And the computer sleeve barely fit my 15-inch notebook with hard case, the tight fit necessitating top-loading the padded sleeve from the interior of the pack.

I preferred to carry the City Sender on a single shoulder instead of messenger bag-style. Although I found it comfortable for short carries, I prefer a pair of backpack shoulder straps, especially when commuting by bicycle.

Trango City Sender Review

For those who travel light and prefer shoulder or messenger bags, the Trango City Sender is capable and convenient. With it, you can carry items necessary for both work and the climbing gym.

The dedicated chalk bag and shoe pockets keep powder and odor contained, and the tarpaulin fabric promises durability. The urban mobile worker will also appreciate the inconspicuous aesthetic.

Trango’s City Sender gym-climbing pack is $130 MSRP, comparable to other commuter backpacks. The climbing-specific details of this pack, though, clearly illustrate the urban gym-climbing trend. With features like a shoe venting pocket and enough space to carry your work gear, the City Sender is a pack we can get behind.

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Everything Our Editors Loved in April

This month, we did a lot of thinking about death, the fate of the earth, and garbage, all while listening to a lot of Carly Rae Jepsen. 

What We Read

I’ve been savoring Alexander Chee’s most recent book, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. This collection of essays is gorgeous—and at times heartbreaking—as it ranges from the author’s development as a writer under the tutelage of Annie Dillard, to his youthful experiences in San Francisco during the height of the AIDS epidemic, to the simple pleasures of tending a rose garden. I’m reading it as slowly as possible because I don’t want it to end.

—Alison Van Houten, editorial fellow

I was in a book rut earlier this year, but I’ve shaken it off and stayed on a speed-reading tear after devouring Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being. The narrator, also a writer named Ruth, finds a Hello Kitty lunch box filled with letters, a journal, and an old watch, washed ashore on her tiny British Columbia island—then tries to unravel what happened to the journal’s author, a teenage girl living in Tokyo. The novel mixes an often dark plotline with tongue-in-cheek humor, magical realism, Japanese history, quantum physics, and principles of Zen Buddhism, and I blew right through it.

—Erin Berger, senior editor

I was shocked to read that Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke had not one but two brain aneurysms while she was filming the early seasons of the series, an experience she wrote about for The New Yorker. Her descriptions of the pain were what stood out to me most, but she also provided an interesting backstory about how she got into acting and that specific role (at the end of her L.A. audition, she danced the funky chicken). I can’t imagine having a brush with death twice in three years, sipping on morphine during interviews, and fearing that every headache might be something ominous. She was very lucky in many ways. 

—Tasha Zemke, copy editor

I read Jurassic Park, the novel, for the first time and really enjoyed it. It was like watching the movie all over again but with extra insight about all the characters—their fears, motivations, and decisions—in the bizarre survival scenario. 

—Svati Narula, associate social media editor

In April, I tore through both of Sally Rooney’s books, Normal People and Conversations with Friends. Normal People just came out in the U.S., and the buzz around it has been so widespread (on my Twitter feed, on the podcasts I listen to, and all around my corners of the Internet) that reading it almost felt obligatory. But after finishing the book in one day, I fully embraced the hype and bought Conversations with Friends, Rooney’s debut novel from 2017. Both books are centered on the inner lives of their main characters and their tumultuous relationships more than any real external plot. But Rooney has an uncanny ability to write about friendships, anxieties, and intimacy in a way that’s both funny and painfully smart. And whenever you think the narrative is getting predictable, her characters overcomplicate things and misunderstand each other in ways you couldn’t have seen coming. I can’t wait to see what else she writes.

—Molly Mirhashem, senior editor 

What We Listened To

I’ve been playing catch-up with one of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible. A recent episode was about the effects of Operation National Sword, China’s initiative to essentially stop being the world’s trash dump, which has left nations scratching their heads while clutching their single-use plastic water bottles. What I loved most was listening to a replay of an older episode in the second half that touched on the strides of Taipei, Taiwan, which is literally cleaning up the city with musical refuse and recycling/compost trucks, binless systems, and the ownership citizens feel over their trash—almost no public garbage cans, people! They pocket that candy wrapper and take it home with them! The episode presents some great lessons we Americans can learn about our own attitude toward consumption.

—Julia Walley, marketing art director

This month I’ve been listening to Carly Rae Jepsen’s new single “Julien” on repeat. It’s pristine, blissful pop, and I can’t listen without dancing just a little. I stan Carly Rae hard (I genuinely believe she’s a musical genius) and can’t wait for her new album, out in May. Especially if it’s gonna sound anything like this single. 

—Abbie Barronian, assistant editor

I’ve been listening to Anderson .Paak’s album Ventura. I can’t get enough of his genre-bending soul-funk-hip-hop amalgamation that somehow always remains eminently listenable.

—Will Taylor, gear director

Cage the Elephant’s new album Social Cues is the Matt Shultz show, focusing on the singer’s deteriorated marriage. It reveals a more mature side of the rowdy Kentucky band: it’s more restrained and more serious than its catalog to date. And while much of it sounds radio ready, certain songs (like “Ready to Let Go” and “Broken Boy”) demonstrate that the band still has a knack for catchy tunes. 

—A.V.H.

What We Watched and Otherwise Experienced

I binged the Netflix series Russian Doll in one night. Renaissance woman Natasha Lyonne wrote and directed the show (cocreated with Amy Poehler) and also stars as a fabulously brusque New Yorker trapped in a Groundhog Day–esque scenario from which she can’t escape. A great soundtrack, plenty of Easter eggs, and a poignant plot resolution—what more could you ask for? 

—A.V.H.

I loved Netflix’s new nature series Our Planet, which had the unbelievable aerial shots and predator-prey sequences to rival Planet Earth. But it went a step beyond that franchise’s pure entertainment and awe. Each installment, organized by ecosystem, explored the effects of climate change and human activity on the flora and fauna found there. Dramatic shots of coastal thunderclouds show how weather patterns can affect life in distant deserts, and a sequence showing majestic lions in Namibia comes with a warning that their population has declined because of poaching. Prestige nature documentaries have historically tiptoed around climate change, not wanting to put a damper on the stunning landscapes and incredible critters they go to such great lengths to film. Our Planet’s decision to explicitly talk about warming seas, shrinking glaciers, pollution, and deforestation was refreshing, and all narrated by David Attenborough’s inimitable voice, no less. 

—Luke Whelan, research editor

While many went wild for the first episodes of Game of Thrones’s final season, my April premiere spotlight was the second season of Killing Eve. Only three episodes in, there’s been a lot of table setting, but what a pretty table it is. Sandra Oh still shines as Eve, an obsessive detective tracking down assassin Villanelle, played by Jodie Comer and her many amazing accents. But I’m glad Fiona Shaw is also getting some more screen time as Eve’s quirky boss Carolyn, who delivers some of the most comedic (and oh-so-British) lines of the show. 

—Kelsey Lindsey, assistant editor

Last month my boyfriend and I found a TV on the side of the road, and then our next-door neighbor conveniently had a yard sale filled with $3 DVDs. Since then we have been biking to the public library and blindly picking movies. We have no idea what we’ve chosen until we get to the opening credits. So far we’ve watched I Sell the Dead, I Do...Until I Don’t, Joshy, and GoldenEye, to name a few. The pro of the system is that you don’t fall into the endless scroll of Netflix, and the only con is trying to get your DVDs into the player without looking. 

—Kyra Kennedy, photo editor

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