Unless you’ve been living in a deep, dark cave… You may have noticed that there is a lot of cool stuff going on out there. So, we thought it was high-time we started rounding up some of our faves each Friday. Every month, we’ll be choosing a theme that fits with the Osprey lifestyle. It’s September and we’re living it up for all we’re worth this month to take advantage of these last days of summer. What is crucial to living it up in style? A really great playlist. So we’re dedicating this month to music. Welcome to the Osprey Friday Round-Up!
With the days becoming shorter and shorter, it’s time to take advantage of the warm, sunny days that remain… we think this playlist is a good start to get you up and out this weekend. Enjoy!
I’m crammed into the middle seat of an oversold United flight, sandwiched between a close-talker and a person that is half in my seat in addition to his. Along comes the flight attendant, and even though I want to sleep this nightmare away, my coffee addiction is calling. I contort sideways to reach my bag at my feet, glad that I’m only 5’3” tall, or this maneuver would be physically impossible even with years of yoga. I’m just barely able to loop a pinky and remove my Klean Kanteen insulated thermos and present it to the aisle. The stewardess looks annoyed at my offering, then pours the coffee instead into a Styrofoam cup transfers it to my vessel, and then throws the cup away.
I can barely contain myself , but decide that today I won’t give her my rant: that we could power one million cars if we gave up our addiction to petroleum-based plastics; that Americans throw away half a billion plastic bottles a week, enough to circle the globe twice; or that most plastic ends up in landfills, oceans and fish bellies, and is never ever recycled.
Kim Havell has been peppering our email with endless shots of deep powder from across the world — Norway and Argentina to name a few — and good ol’ lines in our own backyard in Utah, Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. Needless to say, we’re already dancing for the snow gods in September. Thanks to Kim for the early fall ski stoke. We look forward to lots more of it from you!
Check out just a bit from Kim in the new film Breaking Trail via Powderwhore:
Warning! There are no shots of helicopters filming other helicopters or hankie-clad 16-year-olds hepped up on energy drink spinning to rap music. And you won’t win a Jeep if you come out to a premiere. You will find a mixed bag of highly talented and dedicated individuals who enjoy hiking out into the unknown in search of turns and adventure.
Unless you’ve been living in a deep, dark cave… You may have noticed that there is a lot of cool stuff going on out there. So, we thought it was high-time we started rounding up some of our faves each Friday. Every month, we’ll be choosing a theme that fits with the Osprey lifestyle. It’s September and we’re living it up for all we’re worth this month to take advantage of these last days of summer. What is crucial to living it up in style? A really great playlist. So we’re dedicating this month to music. Welcome to the Osprey Friday Round-Up!
Our friends at Innate Gear and Nau Clothing posted this playlist earlier this week and we’ve been rocking out to it for the last few days. via Cool Hunting:
Fall is all about motivation, preparing for the season ahead by taking stock of summer’s bounty. While melancholy at times—Bon Iver’s childhood memory “Michicant,” “Harvest Breed by Nick Drake—there’s plenty here to get you going too, from Little Richard’s “Midnight Special” to Kelly Rowland’s seductive “Motivation.”
Are you looking for a fun way to spend the first weekend of autumn? If you are in the Burlington, VT, area this weekend, 9/23 to 9/25, look no further as the Nor Easter Festival Powered by Eastern Mountain Sports is set to rock your world in more ways than one! www.noreasterems.com
The Nor’Easter is a three day celebration of Sport, Music and Conservation with a majority of the weekend’s activities taking place in Waterfront Park in beautiful downtown Burlington. The Nor’ Easter brings together elite and amateur athletes, music fans and outdoor enthusiasts of all types in the heart of Burlington, Vermont, with highlights including: A festival village with top, outdoor gear brands and conservation groups, the Unified Bouldering Championships, A UCI certified cyclo-cross race, live music with the likes of G Love and the Special Sauce and Okervill River, free clinics with pro athletes and much, much more.
Osprey Packs will be on hand for the entire fest with a full array of all that is new in the technical pack world for 2011, free professional pack sizings and fittings, fundraising games, prizes and giveaways. We will have Astro, Elroy and Veer courier bags as well as Comet and Hornet Series daypacks on sale at the onsite EMS retail tent for 30% off retail and all Osprey Packs will be on sale at select EMS locations in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire for 20% off retail in celebration of the event.
Look for Osprey in the sponsor’s village and swing by to say hi when you get a chance as there is just too much going on to miss or list here!
Thanks Osprey blog readers for your helpful comments on my Tear Down the Cairn post. I realize it was written with some arrogance, but sometimes it has to be done to get a reaction. Below is a second go at cairns — this time, I kept it to Alaska. Keep sending your opinionated, but civilized comments so I can keep working on this project. Cheers!
I have been driving my car and learned to depend on it for almost every day since I turned 16. Two weeks ago my eyes were opened when my old Subaru Forester broke down. I pushed it into a parking spot off the street and began walking, biking and using mass transit to get from point A to B.
I live in Madison which is a bike friendly town, but I just never knew how much it was until now. I have biked to the bar, biked to the restaurant, biked to see friends, biked to a car dealership… I used to only get out my bike when I wanted to get in a workout and put some miles down on a backcountry road, but now I have learned that I want a bike in my life every day. I want to bike everyday!
I get out see the sun, listen to the wind and experience Madison in a slower but more intimate feel then I did before while driving. This new experience has also brought me to places that I have never been before and away from the suburbs, away from the chain stores, away from the 10,000 sq. foot grocery stores. I am buying local, I am eating local, and experiencing what this city is really all about.
I grew up in Madison. I moved back after college and never knew the East side of town like I do now, all of which I am still learning via my bike.
Jon Jugenheimer is an Osprey sales rep with Ames Adventure Outfitters. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, is addicted to climbing and loves fried chicken.
Hiking into the Wedge (right) on a rare Alaska trail.
Anchorage is legendary for bad rock climbing. The crags along the Seward Highway were awarded a top five in the worst climbing areas in the US. For that reason, I’ve never climbed on the Seward highway although it is just minutes from town. By driving an hour you get high quality granite in the Talkeetna Mountains near Hatcher Pass, but it’s tough to catch dry conditions at there. Then Kevin Wright showed Cathy and I “The Wedge”. Solid rock just outside Anchorage! It is a bike and then a hike, but it is close!
A quick photo from an early morning last week at Fallen Leaf Lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Waking up to the soft morning light, snuggling into a down jacket and the first sips of hot coffee… just a few things that have us already dreaming of how we’re going to spend our next weekend.
Unless you’ve been living in a deep, dark cave… You may have noticed that there is a lot of cool stuff going on out there. So, we thought it was high-time we started rounding up some of our faves each Friday. Every month, we’ll be choosing a theme that fits with the Osprey lifestyle. It’s September and we’re living it up for all we’re worth this month to take advantage of these last days of summer. What is crucial to living it up in style? A really great playlist. so we’re dedicating this month to music. Welcome to the Osprey Friday Round-Up!
