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Dave Katz gets after it. He’s a filmmaker, photographer, adventurer, writer, and a great friend of Peak Design. We met him a couple years ago, and ever since then we spot him every month or so with a whole new story from a whole new place. Last year he tagged us in a post he m...

We met Gale Straub a couple years ago in her natural element: on the road.She was driving across the country in a home-renovated Sprinter van with her partner in crime Jon Gaffney. The couple stopped in Austin and we encouraged them to take advantage of everything Austin has t...

It was the interwebs that brought John Dunaway into our lives. He had posted a shot of himself walking into the woods to chop down a Christmas tree, with an Everyday Messenger slung over his shoulder. We saw it and thought “damn, this guy looks like a manly dude.” Then we took...

Growing up in Caldwell, Idaho, Kylie Fly has spent her entire life surrounded by rugged outdoor adventure. Another thing surrounding her was a lot of people—eight family members, to be exact. And two of those people are her identical triplet sisters.We’re big fans of Kylie for...

Christian McLeod is an adventure and surf photographer from Sligo, Ireland, who spends pretty much all of his time on the road. If you’re looking for him right now, maybe check the South Island of New Zealand. Or perhaps he’s already off to the US West coast for his upcoming L...

If there was ever a time in your life to shamelessly self-promote, it’s now.That quote is from our earlier post on Kickstarter success factors, titled The Crowd Goes Wild. Not exactly infinite wisdom there. But it does sum up how we marketed our very first Kickstarter campaign...

It began with familiar faces: adventure photographers Greg Annandale and Alex Buisse. If you’ve been following Peak Design for awhile you probably know Alex from our Pro Team, as well as our photo workshop at the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy. He’s a busy guy in the world of mounta...

Scott Kranz grew up in Hastings, Minnesota, just south of the Twin Cities. As a company founded by a fella from Plymouth, we respect that. But that’s just the beginning of what we respect about Scott.Unsure of what he wanted to do post-college, Scott opted for law school. 3 ye...

Thanks to El Niño, the Sierras have actually seen some snow this winter, which means you can inevitably find at least one Peak member working from Tahoe at any given time. Peak’s Director of Business Development, Annie Nyborg, headed up recently for some snow fun and to check ...