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1. A backpack and waist bag carrying system, comprising:
a backpack comprising a bag portion attached to shoulder straps; the bag portion comprising a body contacting wall and an opposed non-body contacting wall joined by a right side wall, a left side wall, and a bottom wall, a first internal compartment defined in the bag portion adjacent the non-body contacting wall and running between the bottom wall and the top of the non-body contacting wall, and a waist bag compartment defined in a lower part of the bag portion adjacent the body contacting wall, the waist bag compartment having opposed openings on each of the right and left sides of the lower part of the bag portion; a waist bag comprising a receiver attached to a waist belt, wherein the waist bag extends through the openings on the right and left sides of the lower part of the bag portion and the waist bag compartment wherein the waist belt may be fastened so as to encircle a bearer's waist when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back; wherein the receiver has a cross-sectional size and shape allowing it to be received in the waist bag compartment, whereby the bearer can rotate the waist bag around the bearer's waist, when the backpack is worn on the bearer's back, from a first position in which the receiver is contained in the waist bag compartment and adjacent the bearer's back to a second position in which the receiver is adjacent the front of the bearer; and wherein one of the openings has a cross-sectional size and shape to permit ingress and egress of the receiver through the said one of the openings and the other one of the openings is sized and shaped to restrict the ingress and egress of the receiver while permitting the waist belt to move through the said other of the openings. |