Exo Journal — K4 Design

There is backpacking. There is hunting. And then, there is backpack hunting. Leaving society behind, hiking into the mountains, and surviving for days on end with the items you have on your back — on a mission to find, pursue, and kill an animal and then pack out protein to feed our families... There is nothing like backpack hunting! That is our passion and our purpose. It is the sole reason that Exo Mtn Gear exists. We design our bags from the perspective of backpack hunting. (They also work great for shorter, single-day hunts as well!) Every stitch and square...

Cody received his Exo pack in 2018 as a wedding gift from his wife. Now, 7 years later, he has used it to pack out 20+ animals and it is still going strong. This is one example, of many, that shows how we build our packs to last.

The K4 Frame has 4 pairs of integrated compression straps for securing loads. When securing a load between the K4 Frame and an attached K4 Bag, here is how you can identify which compression straps are used to secure the load directly to the frame, and which straps are used to make the frame-to-bag connection...

"I bought and have used the Exo Mtn Gear K2 5500 backpack for years while hunting in Alaska. As a military mountaineer, I am planning an expedition to climb the highest peak in North America, and I will be using my Exo pack for this adventure. This pack has held up great while bushwhacking countless miles through Alaska and packing out extremely heavy loads of moose. Now, it will be going to one of the harshest environments in the world, at the summit of the highest mountain in North America, which rises to 20,310' above sea level." Exo customer, Sean...