Industry Trailblazers: Richard Kelty / Rick Scott, lifelong friends launch Sierra West and Big Dogs
Richard Kelty likes to say that he started in the outdoor business in 1951 when at age 4 his parents and siblings put together Kelty packs in their Glendale, Calif., home. “My mother always said that I pissed all over the first set of Kelty pack bags,” Kelty said with a laugh. “That may be so, but I worked for Kelty Pack part time and during the summers until I was 16.”
Richard Kelty likes to say that he started in the outdoor business in 1951 when at age 4 his parents and siblings put together Kelty packs in their Glendale, Calif., home. “My mother always said that I pissed all over the first set of Kelty pack bags,” Kelty said with a laugh. “That may be so, but I worked for Kelty Pack part time and during the summers until I was 16.”