Exo Mtn Gear was founded by a couple of hunting buddies, Steve Speck and Lenny Nelson, to solve a very specific problem that we, as hunters, struggled with. For years, we used internal-frame backpacking packs that were light and comfortable while hunting, but were not durable enough to withstand the backcountry or strong enough to support meat-hauling. We had also used external frame packs for load-hauling, but those frames were too heavy, bulky, and noisy to hunt with.

As frustrated hunters that knew what we wanted, we created Exo Mtn Gear to develop a pack system that took the best attributes of internal frame backpacking packs and the strengths of external frame load-haulers, and combined them into one ultralight, ultratough package.