I’m amping up the creativity and inspiration today with my guest Mischa Ostberg of East Mountain Designs.
Mischa was a language polymath, lapsed artist, and occasional car camper who thought that ‘backpacking’ meant ‘wearing a backpack on a day hike’ - fast forward barely 5 years, and today's Mischa is an avid climber and new Maine transplant who just completed a celebratory trans-Acadia hiking traverse, and is feeding all of our outdoor FOMO with the most amazing pieces of upcycled art on their Instagram feed, @east_mountain_designs.
And yet, Mischa didn’t understand why I’d ever want to talk to her for the podcast.
Like, really?!?
I think you’ll all agree that Mischa belongs on the pod (just like the rest of you do!)
Mischa really is the personification of one of their delicate line drawings - magnificent when viewed as a whole, but also comprised of all these minute but important details; the closer you look, the more interesting they get!
Lots of links with this one!:
- Mischa's amazing 'fish in a frame'!
- Schoodic Institute (ME)
- SPOT
- What is a SAT phone?
- What is celiac disease?
- What is a Heller myotomy?
- Good To-Go meals
- Uinta Mountains
- Ashley National Forest
- Otter Cliffs (Acadia National Park, ME)
- Jackson Lab (ME)
- Dick Chasse
- What is an alewife?
- She Summits, Co - listen to my episode with Amanda Hatley of She Summits, Co. here!
- Acadia Outdoor Center
- Salt Pump Climbing
- Access Fund
- Scarpa Crux Approach Shoes