Dana Gleason

Today on the show, I sit down with Dana Gleason (The owner and brains behind Mystery Ranch) to give you the story of how Mystery Ranch came from humble beginnings to what it is today...

Show Notes

Today on the show -  We get a little history lesson and some behind the scenes storytelling from the man, the myth, the legend, Dana Gleason himself!

Dana Gleason has been around the outdoor industry since the late 70's. Dana's first company, Kletterwerks, was just the start of a lineage of companies that would set the standard in the outdoors industry... After Kletterwerks, he then went on to create Dana Design, an independent pack company based in Bozeman, MT.

Eventually, Dana made the decision to sell Dana Design in 1995... However, he was brought out of retirement after his daughter asked him to design a custom "hip sack" for her - This ultimately made him decide to form what we now know as Mystery Ranch!

Moral of the story:  Follow your passion; and if at first you don't succeed, try again until you're successful!

These folks at Mystery Ranch have been at the forefront of trying to make things better for the boots on the ground in the realm of wildland fire... Good thing for us, is that they are trying to tell the stories of wildland firefighters across the nation - and supporting us with awesome programs like The Backbone Series...

To find out more about the Backbone series and Backbone Scholarship, check out this link:

https://www.mysteryranch.com/backbone-series

You know the drill...

Have fun, stay safe, and stay savage!

Enjoy...


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