The Future Is Now
o celebrate anniversary, I decided to revisit Issue #1 to see how outdoor gear has changed in four decades. As I turned the pages, names from yesteryear came flooding back—Puradown sleeping bags, Brixia boots, Typhoon foul weather clothing. There was also a full-page text ad, written in close type, that told the Mountain Designs story, which at that time was only eleven years old. But the big news, perhaps, was an
