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WE WERE PLANNING A MONTH LONG EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA INCLUDING SCUBA DIVING AND VISITING THE SOUTH POLE.
WE WEREN’T PLANNING ON STARTING A COMPANY.
FOR OUR ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION WE SOUGHT OUT THE BEST GEAR ON THE MARKET INCLUDING A BACKPACK THAT WAS SUBMERSIBLE LEVEL WATERPROOF, SUPER STRONG, LIGHT AND WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP EXPENSIVE HYDROPHOBIC EQUIPMENT BONE DRY. PEACE OF MIND WAS ESSENTIAL.
OUR SEARCH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE KEPT COMING ACROSS ROLL TOPS, WHICH WE DIDN’T WANT BASED ON THE HASSLE OF OPENING AND CLOSING, LEAKNG, CONDENSATION AND THE NAGGING UNCERTAINTY AND TRUST IN THE SEAL OF THE BAG.
WE ALSO TRIED WATERPROOF BAGS FROM SOME OF THE MAJOR OUTDOOR COMPANIES. AT SOME POINT THEY ALL FAILED OUR RIGOROUS TESTING AND SOMETIMES IT WAS A COSTLY FAIL.
SO...
WE TURNED TO FOURTH ELEMENT, WHO EVERY PROFESSIONAL HAD STRONGLY RECOMMENDED AS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS FOR DRYSUITS. THEY OBLIGED WITH AN EARLY CUSTOM PROTOTYPE THAT MET MOST OF THE NEEDS OF OUR EXPEDITION.
BUT…WE KNEW WE COULD DO BETTER.
AND SO BEGAN A 4YR DESIGN AND TESTING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOAL OF PRODUCING THE BEST POSSIBLE WATERPROOF BACKPACK. IN THE PROCESS WE MIGHT JUST HAVE PRODUCED THE BEST OVERALL BACKPACK.
MARTIN BREAKS STUFF.
NOT DELIBERATELY, BUT HE’S HARD ON EQUIPMENT. HE’S A PILOT, DIVER, OCEAN SAILOR, SURFER, SKIER, CLIMBER ETC. ETC.
LIKE MOST AUSSIEs, HE LOVES EXPLORING AND A GOOD ADVENTURE. he HAS TRAVELLED LIGHTLY AND QUIETLY TO SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST REMOTE AND STILL ‘UNKNOWN’ PLACES AND SPENT TIME LAUGHING WITH LOCALS IN 112 COUNTRIES.
if outdoor equipment has a flaw he will quickly find it.
Like his namesake, Leonardo is a talented Italian artist and inventor who loves great design.
Leonardo trained as an architect and as a classical artist. He gravitated towards product design out of a love for productS that were well thought through and out of a frustration for products that weren’t.
Leonardo designs it and Martin and the Chalk Ambassadors and Friends put it to the test.
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