Acronyms! Outdoor Brand Edition!

Lloyd Vogel

Some companies have short names, some have long names. Some go by their long names, and others use acronyms or initials. While this is by no means a phenomenon that is isolated to the outdoor industry, there are an abundance of brands that rock 2, 3, or even 4 letter abbreviations. Lets see if you can guess what these brand’s names actually stand for! Last time we did this with 2 options… this time there are 3 (bum bum bum)!! All options are made with nothing but love for all the brands in this list.

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1. SWD
Slow midWestern Drawl
Superior Wilderness Designs
Stop Worshiping Dyneema

2. HMG
Hippy Maine Gear
Holds My Growler
Hyperlite Mountain Gear 

3. MLD
Mountain Laurel Designs
Minimal to Long Delays
Mountain Lions! Duh!

4. ULA
ULtimately Alright
UltraLight Adventure equipment 
Unusually Lite Af

5. GGG
Garage Grown Gear
Glory, Guts, and Gummy bears
Good Glamping Gear

6. EE
European E-union
Everything’s Exceptional
Enlightened Equipment


7. REI
Really Eager Individuals
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Rebellion! Extraterrestrials! Igloos!


8. MEC
Many Excited Canadians
Minnesota’s Eye Candy
Mountain Equipment Co-op 


9. EMS
Everything’s Made Somewhere-else
Eastern Mountain Sports
Everyone’s Marmot Supply


10. NRS
Not Really Safe
North is Really South
Northwest River Supply


11. MSR
My Summer Reading
Mystery Stove Ranch
Mountain Safety Research

 

Answers:

1. Superior Wilderness Designs
2. Hyperlite Mountain Gear
3. Mountain Laurel Designs
4. UltraLight Adventure equipment 
5. Garage Grown Gear
6. Enlightened Equipment
7. Recreational Equipment, Inc.
8. Mountain Equipment Co-op 
9. Eastern Mountain Sports
10. Northwest River Supply
11. Mountain Safety Research

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