By chance is your buddy in MN, Shug? That would epic if it is.

Stick with the darker grey on the pack!

Great video. I've been looking at the JB Genesis system. Gear that goes on every camp trip are my Kelty Window Seat. I have one for my gear and one for my food. They fold down when not in use. Gazelle G5 for the colder months, with panels(can be hung up fully or down 1/2 way to see out) Add little buddy heater. Now I camp year around.

Hey Darwin I’m hiking the triple crown starting with the At in mar 2025 and looking for a gear sponsor for my hike and channel Silver Fox Adventures and would like to collaborate if your interested

Could you maybe tell more about the AT section in New Hampshire? I am from Europe and ill be visiting a friend in Boston. We want to go on a small trip in The Whites aswell. Thank you! Keep them vids coming! Cheers!

DANG!!! all you choices are so spendy! just can't afford these as good as they may be.

Glad do hear you're coming up for the SHT! Planning my thru-hike this fall. Northern Terminus to Grand Marais is not maintained well, but beautiful country to be sure.

Love the video I like the backpack I am making my own because my last one chewed a hole into my right clavicle on a 40k hike. Have you thought about doing a video with Eric Hansen. I think it would be a great collaboration

The Mr Rogers opening was fun 😊

Bring back the bowl cut!!!

Thanks for the nice video. Just a question, how do you keep all the outer pockets stuff dry when it’s soaking rain? Like phone, camera, mic, etc

Hi Darwin, great to meet you and hike with you out in Big Bear at the Highlander event. Your stories were inspiring! Thank you. Laurent

The Space Ranger looks awesome! No matter how light weight you get, sometimes you just need to carry more water, food insulation, etc... so the extra capacity is a must. I've seen good video from other creators shooting with the newer Insta 360 cameras (not sure what models). None of us want to see anyone seriously injured or worse because they needed a hand or two free for their fancy camera. So I'm interested to see what you shoot with your new camera.

What camera? Ty

It's pronounced "mon blan" - you are not supposed to pronounce the t and the c in the Mont blanc...🤓 Love your stuff!

Love this.

I hope the situation in Zermatt is better by the time you go there 😢

Grey is too much like the Ultra packs out there. Please keep the dark blue color

My best friend and I were camping this past week and I was making eggs and sausage for breakfast on our stove; while I was making them I was thinking some toast would be great since we had bread. Luckily our campsite had service and I saw that Coghlan makes a camp stove toast maker. Picked one up at the nearest Fred Meyers later that day and had toast with our eggs and sausage the next morning! It totally works! Just make sure the burner is turned up all the way on a Coleman stove!

Fantastic looking pack and thank you for the hip belts. Can't wait.

Interesting about the Matterhorn. I hope to at least view that and hike to the base before dong the TMB. I guess you have heard of the recent bad weather in the area.

I really appreciate this walk-through, especially dealing with planning for trips with the NPS, because I solo hike and do all the planning on my own. It's been rough at times and I've had to push through the stress of figuring out how the system works 1) trusting I haven't set myself up for something ridiculous, and 2) each park has its own quirks for their permit rules. So, watching you go through the same sort of process I go through was nice reassurance that I'm doing it alright. :)

Been looking for them for a long time, but they just dont sell them here in Norway :C

Wowza! $400 Jetboil, $400 pad, $500 quilt.......you should do a #balleronabudget version for us car campers who don't have that kind of dough to drop.

In order to make perfect italian espresso easiest and cheapest way is to use some of the Bialetti moka. At least that’s how it works for me. 🙃

Where are your packs made?

The new pack looks really good. I've been looking for a new 50Lish one for awhile now, but given the cost and so much to choose from, haven't pulled the trigger (still have my old one). This one will get some serious consideration. Also, on the Ricoh camera, based on my experience with one, you have "baby" it a little bit when outside in the elements. Which I didn't do (some rain and days of very high humidity did it in), and mine didn't last all that long. Great camera, though!

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Darwin, thanks for putting up all of the pictures to go along with your background. Maybe one day you could do a video on food, diet etc. 😊

I recently had the ranger carry 30 lb comfortably with no hipbelt

Everyone keeps talking about them.. but nobody sells them. They arnt on amazon so where do you get them. Can't lie though I just hate the name. What trainers are they? Altra mate . Sounds cool. Topo mate sounds lame. The price is fine lone peaks are £128 anyway.

it would be cool if you could get some European ultralight gear for testing... there are very few companies making it so we have to import almost everything from the US, but there are a few companies that stand out like Cumulus for quilts, Liteway for pyramid tents and tarps, X-Boil for liquid fuel cooking system, and Brynje for their mesh base layer which looks silly but some people swear by it.

Darwin should send me for free some drugs so I can review, since I am a huge Darwin Gear Videoes junky. (actually I would love to buy gear from him, but I am Starting a Retail in Norway and currently living on noodles with a family of 4) BTW Lighter grey on the Space ranger.

Be careful on the Matterhorn. One of the deadliest mountain in the world.

Loved the video. Thanks for sharing the updates!

Hi Darwin! I am really excited about the new gear coming out. I considering the Ranger, but I was wondering what your torso height is? Thank you for all your content!

Haha! As a Pittsburgher, the start of the video had a Mr Roger’s Neighborhood vibe.

When you go to SHT, I would love to see you meet up with Shug, The Lord of Lollygag, & infamous hammock camper!

I use the Garmin mini as a just in case emergency. The other feature I use is for family and friends to follow my progress along the trail I’m hiking.

For the dawn of European climbing, a good read is Killing Dragons by Fergus Fleming. Good luck with the Matterhorn

After I joined the Durston cult I knew I was home. But ive been following you for so long Darwin, and since I used to play alot at Boney Junes back in the day around the time you dabbled in Evansville, I feel like I owe you some allegiance lol. Ill be buying that new SpaceRanger pack when its available, brother. Thanks for the upload! And keep up the good work with the products. I hope you snag the big bag man, you deserve it.

Dark grey is always superior to light grey, though it would be nice to have some bright color accent to make the pack easier to find in low light or high brush.

Good luck with the Space Ranger. I just bought and am enjoying the Durston Kakwa 55, which is similar in several ways to the Space Ranger. Hopefully you have one of those in house for "benchmarking" purposes (know thy competition). Safe travels!

Camelbak chug bottles are much better.

19:40 Is the NH Climber/documentarian Mark Synott?

Glad to hear you’re are coming,to NH.

So much to envy here - the travels domestic and abroad, backpacking and bikepacking and hammocking, gear, a lifetime of good hair, figuring out the mysteries of weight loss, a stable marriage, near sanity, etc. Keep up the good work and good luck with your adventures!

One small suggestion: Perhaps make one (or both) side pockets a bit taller. I have a pack right now with an 9-10 in tall side pocket and it comes in super handy carrying anything from my tent (granted I have a tarp tent), to a first aid kit, two bottles, etc whatever. It comes in super handy.

Was going to go with waymark pack but since they went out of business this looks very similar cant wait for pre sale !

50L is 25 to many bro we want the old Darwin back and what the heck is that waist belt looking thing it must weigh a lb. by itself smh