Track: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Abstract

Mountain climbing is a challenging natural activity that requires days and quite a lot of equipments stored in a
backpack, which is usually called a mountain backpack. Mountain backpacks that already exist in the Indonesian
market today tend to be designed according to male or unisex posture. Based on preliminary data from the Nordic
Body Map questionnaire distributed to 12 female climbers at Diponegoro University, there were complaints in the
neck, back, shoulders, and waist due to the use of mountain backpacks on the market today. Therefore, it is necessary
to redesign the mountain backpack for female climbers. The consideration included technical, anthropometry,
physiological, biomechanics, and usability. The results showed that female climbers wanted comfortable mountain
backpacks. In the anthropometric aspect, the design of mountain backpacks is focused on the back pads and main
straps. In the physiology aspect, the new design of mountain backpacks has a pattern of changes in the rate of change
of working pulse smaller. It is found that the design of new mountain backpacks gives less pressure than the old
designs. The usability test result found that the new design mountain backpack has a higher usability value than the
old design mountain backpack.