Polartec Challenge Grant Winners Climb New Routes on Mt. Bradley
TWO NEW ROUTES ON MT. BRADLEY
The Sum Of Its Parts (Alaska Grade V, AI6, M7, A2, 4,000’)
Heavy Mettle (Alaska Grade V, WI5+R, M6, A0, 4600’)
Expedition Report First Release – May 1st, 2012
Story and Photos by Peter Doucette
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Silas Rossi and I just returned from the Ruth Gorge where we established two new climbs on Mount Bradley 9,104’. [...]
OIA Sustainability Working Group Recognized by White House
Polartec is proud to be a member of the Outdoor Industry Association Sustainability Working Group and our Senior Product Development Engineer, Chuck Haryslak, serves on the OIA SWG Advisory Council. We just learned that this group has been officially selected as a Champion of Change by the White House. Read more below in today’s [...]
Polartec Scufoneda Trip Report
We asked our most recent trip winner, Steve Deasy, to tell us how his trip to Moena, Italy went for the 2012 Scufoneda Festival. I think its up for interpretation, but we think he had a pretty good time.
Thanks to Polartec & Marmot for the prize of a trip to Scufoneda in the Dolomites of [...]
Polartec Challenge Grant Winners Prep for Alaska
Polartec Challenge Grant Winners, Peter Doucette and Silas Rossi will attempt a new route on the southeast face of Mt. Bradley in Alaska. On their proposted route, the two- man team expects to find significant mixed climbing for the duration of the 4,500′ ascent.
We asked them to guest blog for us to let us know [...]
Badass Award: Laurent Valette Crushes Tierra Viva
Polartec Advisory Board Member, Laurent Valette, takes this week’s Badass Award without question.
He and the French X-Bionic team including Sonia Furtado, Adrien Lhermet, and Benjamin Monier, just finished 2nd in the Tierra Viva, a 500km, 4-6 day adventure race in the Cordillera le los Andes in Argentinean Patagonia.
Here’s how it breaks down: the [...]
Polartec Stars in Act of Valor
This Friday, Act of Valor, a new film about modern day Navy SEALS, hits movie theaters. Another movie about covert ops, you say? You’ve seen them all? Well this one is different.
In 2007, Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh of Bandito Brothers Production filmed a video for the Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen which led the Navy [...]
40K Giveaway
40,000 fans! We are thrilled to have you, so to say thanks for liking us and sticking around, we want to giveaway four of the top Polartec® NeoShell® jackets on the market. This prize is valued at around $1500 dollars. We think that this is one good lookin’ giveaway!
Here’s what you will get if you [...]
“Puffy killer?” Polartec and The North Face win GearJunkie ‘Best in Show’ Award
We’re pleased to share that GearJunkie has awarded Polartec and The North Face a ‘Best in Show’ Award for the new Polar Hooded Jacket, which we previewed to the media and retailers at the annual Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City a couple of weeks ago. GearJunkie asks if it’s a “puffy killer.”
Available to [...]
Polartec Announces 2012 Polartec® Challenge Grant Recipients
Polartec is pleased to announce the recipients of its 21st annual Polartec® Challenge Grant. Six separate expeditions will receive funding and support from Polartec for 2012: a first ascent attempt in the Indian Karakoram, an attempt of a climbing double header in Pakistan, a first descent attempt in Alaska, a new route attempt in Alaska, [...]
Congrats to Sari on her national championships victory!
A big shout out to goes to our Athlete Advisory Board member, Sari Anderson, on her victory last Saturday at the U.S. Ski Mountaineering National Championships!
The annual race in Jackson Hole, WY is one of the longest-running randonee races in the country, celebrating its 12th year last weekend. Using ultralight skis and boots with nylon [...]
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