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Princeton Tec Lights On Heads photo contest winners

The Princeton Tec Lights On Heads contest has come to a close and the winners have been announced. The winning categories are as follows: Best Overall, Best Action, Best Cooking, Best Bouldering, Most Dramatic, and Most Creative. Of more than 200 entries, 18 photos (three photos for each category) won an assortment of gear prizes, including three Gregory packs. The three photos to snag a Gregory pack prize include a snapshot of riders repairing a flat tire and a broken disc on the 2008 24hrs in the Canyon bike race, an climb out of a waterfall cave entrance and a rad picture of camp lights on Mt. Rainier. See photo winners below.

Best Overall

1st : Long Day
user name: travelglass
Prize: CASCADE DESIGNS Moonroom 2

2nd: Mt. Rainier Summit bid
user name: simpsonphotography
Prize: GREGORY Z55

3rd: DSCN4056
user name: b corwin
Prize: LEKI

Best Action

1st: Add H2O to a tight spot
user name: wilkinsbb7
Prize: GREGORY Z35

2nd: Smith and Wesson .500
user name: inua
Prize: OUTDOOR RESEARCH

3rd: 7335955-TF_dirtydozen_2008.02.02_0482

user name: nickbike

Prize: SCARPA

Best Cooking
1st: Cooking by Headlamp
user name: adam m m
Prize: LEKI

2nd: Cooking by Worley’s
user name: arniolafur
Prize: OUTDOOR RESEARCH

3rd: ben & jerrys
user name: imangiardi
Prize: SCARPA

Best Bouldering
1st: PTS1
user name: KevinZiechmann
Prize: OUTDOOR RESEARCH

2nd: patina
user name: Zinja
Prize: IBEX

3rd: Headlamp3
user name: necross84
Prize: PRINCETON TEC

Most Dramatic
1st: Biff in the Crow’s Nest with a Headlamp
user name: Pleuston
Prize: IBEX

2nd: 023
user name : Merlin Adventures
Prize: LEKI

3rd: Late night repairs
user name: northfacejmb
Prize: GREGORY Wasatch

Most Creative

1st: thelucas
user name: thelucas
Prize: PRINCETON TEC

2nd: Foggy Headlamp Boy
user name: Mark Griffith
Price: IBEX

3rd: Angels
user name: eivhje
Prize: SCARPA

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Lauren

on October 7, 2009

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Summiting Mt. Washington Gregory style

Gregory Gives Back, our donation program, is always looking for ways to help out. Two months ago, three Seniors from the University of New Hampshire Jeff Brown, Brett Clark and Dave Shimmel approached Gregory with a proposal to raise money for Gregory’s charity of choice, the Angelman Syndrome Foundation.

The group planned to summit Mt. Washington (6,288ft- the northeast’s highest mountain) for a good cause. We were able to help out by providing them with the pack that could handle some of ‘the worst weather in the world’: the Baltoro 70.

The boys raised over $1,000 for the foundation by posting a fundraising page on the Angelman site. Jeff and the guys were even nice enough to report back and send us some photos of their trip. We loved hearing about it. Congratulations, Jeff, Brett and Dave.

Here’s what they had to say about the Baltoro 70:

“Overall the pack was great. It was very lightweight which made it very easy to hike with. The adjustment straps on the Baltoro 70 allow the user to make the pack feel as if it is a part of them. At times you can hardly tell you are wearing a backpack. Without a doubt the unanimous best feature of the Gregory Baltoro 70 backpack is the amount of storage compartments which can be found all over the bag. The compartments and straps make the bag so user friendly that there was never a time on our trip where we had to unpack our gear in order to get to something. Every location in the pack is easily accessible, which is a great feature to have while hiking.

Thank you Gregory Mountain Packs!”

Jeff Brown
Brett Clark
Dave Shimmel

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Lauren

on September 14, 2009

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Jason Mraz, recycling, Gregory packs and how it all ties together

Have you heard the song “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz? If you haven’t, you either A. live in a cave B. don’t listen to cheesy music or C. don’t listen to cheesy music.

I personally like the song, but I’m also a twenty-something girl who lives vicariously through ridiculous love songs like this little gem. So, why are we discussing Jason Mraz’s hip song when we should be writing about more important topics, like, say, backpacks?

Well, it just so happens that our very own Z55 merited a silver screen appearance in the song’s music video. So, no matter how lame you think the song is, you have to admit, Jason has pretty great taste.

On a different, but not completely unrelated note, the Outside Lands Music Festival held in San Francisco this coming weekend (28th-29th) will feature, among others, drum roll please…Jason Mraz. Now, by this point you should be savvy enough to guess we’re not just updating you on the pop singer’s status (that’s what twitter’s for @jason_mraz).

No, more importantly, Gregory is partnering with the recycling program at the festival called TRASHed Recylcing. The program aims to keep the festival site clean by picking up compostable cups and plastic bottles in exchange for some sweet prizes like 5 classic series Gregory day packs.

So, if you happen to be grooving to Jason Mraz at the festival this weekend, pop on over to the TRASHed recycling booth with compostable cups and plastic bottles and cash in on Gregory swag and other awesome prizes.

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Lauren

on August 27, 2009

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Reconnecting kids to nature

Heard of the term Nature-Deficit Disorder recently? If you haven’t, the term, coined by Richard Louv in his book Last Child in the Woods, refers to the idea that children have no real connection to the outdoors anymore, resulting a slew of of behavioral problems, including ADD and obesity. While this concept has no medical backing, those who feel a contectedness to nature, and seek it out to relax or ‘recenter’, will understand Louv’s point.

Tying into that concept by helping kids reconnect with nature, Jackson Hole’s Center of Wonder, which encourages the discovery of ‘wonder’ through experiential programs in nature, approached Grand Teton National Park management with a program called Nature Explorer aimed at connecting kids with the outdoors. The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve staff felt the program lined up with the preserve’s goals and decided to host the program. The idea being that kids who visit the preserve can check out backpacks filled with tools “to aid in the exploration of nature,” according to preserve staff member Vanessa Torres.

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Lauren

on August 20, 2009

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A winning season for Gregory’s adventure racing team

Adventure racing season is well underway and Gregory sponsored DART: Team nuun-FeedTheMachine is on a winning streak.

On June 3rd, the team won the Michigan Expedition Adventure Race, one of the nation’s top 3 expedition races. After more than three days of continuous racing, the team completed 100 miles by canoe, 80 miles on foot, and 165 miles on bike. Oh, no biggie. That’s just 345 miles in 77 hours!

Following that win, team members, Cyril Jay-Rayon (the captian of the team) and Jen Seeger took first in a 24 hour mountain bike race in Laguna Seca, part of the world renowned 24 hours of Adrenalin series. Cyril finished the 23 laps in 23:20 with a total of some 240 miles and 38,000 of climbing.

And to top of the winning month, another teammate, Mari Chandler, decided to enter the U.S. Long Course Duathlon National Championships only a week before the start date. A week later she broke the course record. The course began with a 3k run, followed by a 56 mile bike, and then finished with a half marathon.

They’re now gearing up for arguably the world’s toughest endurance race, Primal Quest, which lasts 6-10 days at the beginning of August. Be sure to follow their progress here.

You can still sign up for one of their clinics that they’ve done in the past. If you live in or plan on visiting Seattle (their hometown) or Los Angeles, they host mountain bike clinics about night riding in those areas. Anyone interested should contact cyril (dot) jayrayon (at) gmail (dot) com for L.A. night rides, and Ryan VanGorder at r (underscore) vangorder (at) hotmail (dot) com for Seattle rides.

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Lauren

on July 17, 2009

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Green Living Project takes on South America

Ever notice how much we tend to focus on what’s not working instead of what is working. And with the media’s ’sky is falling’ take on things, it’s easy to understand why every problem looks we’re up you-know-what creek without a paddle.

So, Gregory decided to take a different approach and team up with the Green Living Project, which lends us that much needed paddle to one of the larger issues weighing heavy on everyone’s mind- global warming. The project takes a positive approach and documents stories of successful sustainable living projects going on around the world with the goal of inspiring people with ways to get involved and help promote sustainability.

Most recently the crew returned from South America where they filmed 8 unique sustainability projects across Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. In order to make their journey, Gregory outfitted the 5 travelers (including celebrity actor Sebastian Roche) with the Whitney 95, Deva 85, Palisade, Miwok, and Alpaca Duffles. The packs proved durable in carrying their multimedia equipment throughout the brutal conditions of the Amazon, volcano regions, and mountainous regions of the various South American countries.

Last year, the crew focused on Africa recording 20 different sustainability projects, including community development, water conservation, organic farming, women’s empowerment, solar and biogas renewable energy programs, mountain gorilla, cheetah, leopard, rhino and hyena conservation projects, eco-tourism and responsible adventure travel destinations.

If you’re a sustainability advocate, a passionate world traveler or interested in finding a way to give back, these films are definitely worth seeing. You can still catch the end of that film tour as well as the premiere of the South America film in Salt Lake City throughout Outdoor Retailer, July 21-24.

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Lauren

on July 15, 2009

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Got photos of you with lights on your noggin?

Exploring the outdoors and photography pretty much go hand in hand. When you spend most of your free time outside, it’s hard not not to snap a I-should-get-paid-for-this picture.

Well, now it’s time to cash in on those still frames and win a Gregory pack. In support of Princeton Tec’s “Got Lights On Heads” photo contest, Gregory has added 4 packs to the prize pot: Z 55, Z 35, Z 25, and a Wasatch. Sweet!

So here’s the deal. Come up with the best shot you have of anything involving lights on your head while playing outside. “On the trail, in a cave, on the water, cooking at the campsite, cranking at your local crag, runing singletrack, startgazing, map-checking…it doesn’t matter, you choose the medium - just make sure there are lights attached to a noggin!”

The categories include: Best Overall image, Best Action, Best Cooking, Best Climbing, Most Dramatic and Most Creative. The top three photographers will be chosen from each category and given awesome prizes, including the Gregory packs listed above.

To enter, upload your pics to Flickr (if you don’t have one it takes two seconds to sign up) and drop them in the ‘Group Pool’ on the Princeton Tec Flickr page ”Princeton Tec: Got Lights On Heads Photo Contest“.

The contest runs from July 8-August 14.

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Lauren

on July 13, 2009

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Ishikawa returns to the Western States 100

After last year’s wildfires canceled the race, the Western States 100 is back, and so is Hiroki Ishikawa, a Gregory ambassador and one the inspirations behind this year’s Active Trail pack line, especially the race-ready Rufous. The 100-mile race starts tomorrow, June 27th, in Squaw Valley, CA. with a grueling 2,550 vertical foot climb in the first four-and-a-half miles. The race ends in Auburn, CA.

Hiroki, along with all 2008 competitors, will be returning this year for what’s likely to be the most competitive WS 100 to date. In order to earn a spot at this year’s event, you had to be one of the top three finalists of a 08-09 Ultra Cup qualifying race. So expect to see to best of the best wrangle trail passes, rugged territory, and relentless terrain.

The top ranking male and female will win the Ultra Cup Championship trophy and walk away with $2,500. This race is not for the ill-prepared. No, it’s for super-human athletes like our friend Hiroki.

Good luck Hiroki!

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Lauren

on June 26, 2009

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Four of five - not too bad in Patagonia

Did a post a while back on a group of climbers based in Chamonix who Gregory sponsored on a visit this past winter (their summer, if you can call what you’re about to see summer) to the Fitzroy/Cerro Torre area in Patagonia, those being the two most famous peaks in the region.

These guys are members of the Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute-Montagne (PGHM) of Chamonix, the group responsible for mountain search and rescue operations in that area, also supported by the famous Compagnie des Guides (interesting piece a while back in Outside Magazine on that group), the Ecole Nationale de Ski et d’Alpinisme and the Ecole Militaire de Haute-Montagne.

Here’s the story of how that group got their start, from PisteHors, which blogs about skiing-related news in the EU (good site if you’re interested in that sort of thing).

Anyway, this crew decided the right way to celebrate their mountain rescue units 50th anniversary was to head off Patagonia and bag five pretty challenging summits in one trip, one for each decade of the unit’s existence. Sure, why not? Sounds good to us …

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on June 17, 2009

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Walking is great, but it’s even better when it involves raising money for a good cause

When it comes to giving back, the outdoor community has no shortage of helping hands. Gregory’s participation in and support of the Sacramento Walk-A-Thon for the Angelman Syndrome Foundation is another example of just that.

Luckily, here at Gregory, we consider ourselves pros at walking (and carrying things while walking). So when there’s a good cause that also happens to involve walking or hiking, it’s a natural.

On May 16th, 500 people, including a number of volunteers from Gregory, showed their support for advancing awareness and treatment of Angleman Syndrome by participating in the Sacramento Walk-A-Thon for the Angelman Syndrome Foundation. Along with participating and raising $1,250, Gregory sponsored the lunch after the three-mile walk just around the corner from our offices.

Angelman Syndrome is a little known and often misdiagnosed disease that causes developmental delay, lack of speech, seizures, and balancing and walking disorders. The Foundation seeks to raise awareness of the syndrome through education, research and support for people with the disorder.

Including Sacramento, the Walk-A-Thon was held in 24 locations across the country. Over 5,800 people gathered to walk in support of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation and raised a total of $780,000. Donations for the 2009 walk will still be accepted through September 30, 2009.

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Lauren

on June 3, 2009

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Princeton Tec Lights On Heads photo contest winners

Summiting Mt. Washington Gregory style

Jason Mraz, recycling, Gregory packs and how it all ties together

A winning season for Gregory’s adventure racing team

Got photos of you with lights on your noggin?

Ishikawa returns to the Western States 100

Four of five - not too bad in Patagonia

Walking is great, but it’s even better when it involves raising money for a good cause

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