Why paracord?
The design story behind The Expedition Strap.
Leather is our material. So why does our camera strap have a woven cord body?
Because honesty about materials means using each one where it performs best. Leather is unbeatable where the strap meets your skin and your camera: it spreads load, softens with wear, and grips without slipping. But a full-leather strap in the rain gets heavy, stiffens as it dries, and fatigues at the swivel points.
Paracord does the opposite. It shrugs off weather, absorbs shocks, weighs almost nothing, and survives tension cycles that would crack a leather strip. Climbers trust their lives to it. A camera is an easier job.
So the Expedition uses both, each in its place: full-grain leather at the shoulder and anchors, woven paracord in between. Not a compromise — a division of labour.