Aarn Tate modelling the balance packs above Tasman Glacier.

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Aarn Tate developed cutting edge outdoor gear for some of the world’s top brands. Now he has sold his revolutionary pack brand – Aarn Packs – and reflects on his life-long mission to make gear better.

Aarn Tate can’t stop solving problems. Fortunately, when he started his career in the early 1970s there were a lot of problems to solve. For nearly 50 years, Tate has been driven by one fixation: to make outdoor gear better. That mission has taken him around the world, helping to change the way thousands of […]
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