Hi — I'm Dominic, and Hike Tee started with me being tired.

For years I worked construction, and I spent most of that time looking for a way out of a job that never really fit. So I built my own things at night and on weekends. Between the work and the side work, I was burned out more often than not.

What pulled me back was simple: a walk. When my head was full, I'd go outside for twenty minutes and come back a different person. And a weekend in the mountains — with someone close — did more for me than a week of time off ever did.

The outdoors was never about distance or gear for me. It was about the people I went with, and how much we laughed out there. That's what I wanted to bottle.

”You pull the shirt out of a drawer months later, and it takes you straight back there.”

So Hike Tee isn't really a t-shirt brand. It's a nudge. A reason to text someone, pack the car, and go get tired in a better way — then come back with your battery full.

— Dominic