Kathmandu’s XT Series and the New Shape of Mountain Gear

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Earth Endeavours Newsletter Presented as part of Sustainable Threads, an ongoing series exploring the craft, heritage, and environmental ethics woven into how things are made, this first installment introduces Kathmandu’s XT Series. Part Two will follow with the Feather Fight line and long-distance travel. “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity” ~ John Muir Kathmandu’s XT Series...

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