This episode of Pop Bear Hikes has been brought to you by Avalon Publicity.

Avalon Publicity, increasing the digital footprint of content creators and

skilled professionals via website development and social media services.

For more information about Avalon Publicity, go to their website,

www.AvalonBusiness.org, that's www.AvalonBusiness.org.

Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Well, Christmas is over and hopefully we got everything we wanted for Christmas.

Those of us who are wishing for new sleeping bags, tents, or backpacks.

Well, if you didn't get one in your upset, don't worry, because today's guest

is going to talk to us about a very high-end quality product that's made

right here in the United States.

Ben from Hilltop Packs, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.

Thank you very much for having me.

Happy to be here.

So let's start.

Just tell us a little bit about yourself.

What I was reading, you were a hiker, then you got into backpacking,

and then eventually into manufacturing gear.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

Sure, so my background really isn't photography.

So I love photography, and I love nature photography.

My profession is actually wedding photography and commercial photography.

...