Rucksack or backpack

A good backpack is ESSENTIAL. Don’t compromise on quality. As far as I am aware, there are no shops in Saudi Arabia that sell good quality backpacks. The packs on sale in Al Khobar look fine but are cheap copies. One of our teachers climbed Mt Kenya with one of these bags last summer. The bag looked fine at the start of the trip but fell apart during the climb. Good backpacks can be bought from outdoor equipment suppliers in the UK and US.