Reuse, Recycle, and Remember That Time You Didn’t Wreck Yourself

Mischa Ostberg, East Mountain Designs

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

Want to commission a one-of-a-kind piece for yourself or a loved one?
Email Mischa!: mischaostberg@gmail.com