Thursday, June 30, 2022

Eye-Catching Rigs of Overland Expo West 2022

1964 Land Rover Series 2A 88 “Sarge” Ex MOD, FFR (Fitted For Radio)

Expedition Portal Staff / May 30th, 2022

Sticking with our Land Rover fetish, Sarge is a beautifully maintained and loved member of the Mesdag family (Owen Mesdag is the Dometic Product Manager) and lives in Seattle when not on an adventure. The 88-inch Land Rover is considered a design icon due to the skillful application of the “principle of thirds” and is regarded one of the greatest motor vehicles ever produced. Throw some gear in the rear and turn your back on the interstate—this little legend is ready for anything.

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The Outdoor Industry's Got Talent: Outdoor's most talented 'makers'

MARCH 21, 2017KASSONDRA CLOOS

Owen Mesdag

40, Category Manager for water and cookware, MSR

Owen Mesdag is the kind of guy who can’t help but improve everything around him. He designed an early waterproof “gadget bag” for the first generation iPhone—before it even hit the market—and it was so successful that Amazon brought on Kindle-specific versions, and Cascade Designs spun it off into its own brand [E-Case, now part of SealLine]. “Owen is a tinkerer,” says Joe Mc Swiney, CEO of SOG and former Cascade Designs president. “He’s looking at everything around him all the time and he’s thinking, ‘How can I do this differently, what’s a better way to do this?’” Among his other successes? Halving the weight of the MSR Gravity Works filter by replacing protective rubber with lightweight foam, lightening the Basecamp Snow Shelter Saw by ditching the plastic handle, and using fabric panels in place of metal on the Snow Fluke anchor.