AWP Episode 074 ”Moonshine & Backpacks” w/Lowell Gilliland of Wrangell Gear

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz thread the needle with custom gear designer and enthusiast Lowell Gilliland of Wrangell Gear

 

Backpacking moonshine & booze, titanium Snow Peak Flasks, cramping up in the backcountry, salt tablets & electrolytes, dip netting the mighty copper river, 4th of July in Sitka and a fireworks show, forest fires in AK, the Taylor Complex fire of 2004, total truck/Overlander dope new project, Rocky Mountain goat alliance, new ways to identify a full curl/legal ram, Lowell’s first custom sewed quilt, building the Wrangell brand and customizing a logo, designing and building a prototype tent, x-pac fabric material, nylon & polyester recycling, watershed dry bags, the creation and design of the “Captains Bag”, false claims of waterproof gear and bags, Wrangell Gear products release fall of 2022, 

The glassing pad, the Revelation, 7800  bag paired with the famous Barney’s Pack frame, external vs. internal pack frames, compression system, custom strapping & the meat sling. 

 

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