Durston Gear has become a household name with the release of the X-Mid trekking pole tent and recently with the Kakawa series of backpacks. I sit down with Dan Durston in this video podcast interview to pull back the curtain on Dan's design philosophy and some of the nerdy details on how Durston Gear creates their products.

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X-Mid Tents:

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