Don't Just Toss, Grab the Floss!: Anna Dye, Goddess of Gear Repair

Guides Gone Wild

One of the things I love most about doing this podcast is the way that almost every guest seems to spiderweb into more cool connections that I get to make, and today’s another great example of that.

Last time I hit the podwaves, I encored a conversation with Heidi Myers of Rasputitsa, who also works at Sterling College, where she met the wonderful young woman I’m talking to today, Anna Dye.

Anna grew up in the outdoor industry, working at her family’s outdoor gear and apparel store in Red Lodge, Montana. But it was here in the east that she found herself in a cohort of college students hitting the road to apply their newly acquired gear repair skills to real life problems at races and festivals around northern New England.

Anna is a breath of fresh air in an often cynical world, and she shares a few tips and hacks that might just help you out in a pinch when your gear gets…..well…pinched (and damaged) in the backcountry.
Lots of links for this one!:

• @gearrepairguru on Instagram
• Heidi Myers on Guides Gone Wild
• Sterling College
• Rasputitsa
• Vermont Gear Makers Festival
• Sylvan Peak Mountain Shop (Red Lodge, MT)
• Alpine Luddites & John Campbell
• Tenacious Tape
• Seam Grip
• Smuggs Ice Bash (Smugglers Notch, VT)
• New England BKL Festival (Craftsbury, VT)
• SailRite
• Patagonia Worn Wear
• Speedy Stitcher
• BirdieBlue (the women-owned VT company Anna mentions that recycles old ski gear into new bags!)
• Kula Cloth

And for more empty landfill vibes:

• Jenna Vanni of Woods + Waters Gear Exchange in Brunswick, ME
• Emily Kirkton of GearME in Freeport, ME
• Emily McKeown of Maine GearShare
• Meg Carney, The Outdoor Minimalist