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The Gear Show with Lisa Gerber: Actions Speak Louder Than Marketing

The Campfire Chronicles

In 2000, Bill Gamber and his business partner borrowed the name of a local peak in the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness to start Big Agnes. The company launched with a simple, but revolutionary idea: “never roll off your pad again” with a unique, integrated sleeping bag and pad system. This would be the first in a long line of product “firsts” he would introduce to the outdoors. Read the rest

The Final Stretch: Finishing the 2019 Tour Divide

Essays From the Field

The Tour Divide is the world’s longest off-pavement cycling route, where self-supported ultra-cyclists race from Banff, Alberta Canada to the finish line in Antelope Wells, New Mexico.

Day 26 – The Beaverhead Work Center was at full throttle when I rolled up on my bike. To the left of …

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10 Questions with Emily Krall Osterman, Founder of BookTrails

Sponsorship and Non-Profit

I always noticed how reading and journaling were great tools for helping children to explore and understand their natural world. I started to gather books with environmental themes and link them with different hands-on activities. This led to the creation of our summer camp, where each week of camp is linked to a different book or theme. Read the rest

Up the Coast We Go

The Campfire Chronicles

Loading up our old battle wagon, a 2000 Subaru pushing 220k adventurous miles, with all our equipment - surfboards, boogie boards, skimboards, skateboards, and camping gear - for a family of four plus two mini Australian Shepherds is a daunting task, but one that we do with pleasure. We know we're headed to sleep in the sand with the hum of the Pacific Ocean at our doorstep. Read the rest

Our Commitment to the Trail

Sponsorship and Non-Profit

You probably know that the Continental Divide Trail is close to our hearts, and geographically it’s located right in our backyard. We found ourselves recreating on the CDT through enough summers to wonder how we could help maintain it. The first step was adopting a portion of the trail to call our own, then comes the responsibility of maintaining it. Read the rest

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