January 2012
Sunshine Stories - Travelling right means TravellingLightSwedish couple Petter & Linn are headed off to an exciting road trip through California. Equipped with plenty of Sea to Summit TravellingLightTM gear they spend 4 months in their car travelling along the coast and searching for the best waves. Being great photographers with a unique style they'll take real life shots of TravellingLightTM in use which might pop up in our marketing materials in the near future. Become a fan on facebook to stay up to date and visit their website sunshinestories.com to escape your day to day life by reading their stories and looking at their amazing pictures.
Petter & Linn about Sea to Summit:
"Sea to Summit sponsors us with their whole range of lightweight travel equipment
which includes a tent that folds down as small as a coca cola bottle, sleeping
bags fitting in the palm of your hand, travel pillows, mosquito nets
and packing cells for all kinds of stuff, toiletery bags, clothlines, you
name it. We are so stoked to have our gear so that we can go camping along highway one. Every single item of theirs is more than a backpacker
could ever wish for.."
January 2012
Kimberley White Water Expedition
8 Sea to Summit sponsored women are off to their biggest challenge ever!
A group of 8 women, led by Australian Adventurer of the Year Tanya Faux, are set to embark on the longest whitewater river expedition ever attempted by a group of women into one of Australia’s most rugged and remote areas. A 30-day uncharted, unsupported, river exploration of the Kimberley region, that aims to promote the Save the Kimberley campaign. These women will have to endure extreme tropical temperatures whilst entering the territory of the saltwater crocodiles during the mating season. All 8 women are current or past employees of the Outdoor Education Group in Eildon, Victoria, and as outdoor educators, enthusiasts, and adventure seekers, they all support and advocate for the protection of wilderness regions.
The inspiration responsible for such a trip stems both from Tanya Faux’s previous kayak expeditions into the Kimberley’s, and the political unrest over a proposed gas hub in the respective area. A controversial industrialization in the Kimberley region presently exists that has been narrowly resisted thus far by the local community, as well as individuals reaching across Australia. A large campaign known as Save the Kimberley aims to protect the cultural, historical, and environmental significance of the region by gaining World Heritage Status over 20 hectares of what has been deemed “one of the last true wilderness areas on Earth”. To date, the team has raised over $2000 for both Save the Kimberley and the Wananami Remote Community School at Mount Barnett Station. Donations can still be made online as the team attempts the 30 days expedition.
Jessica Whiteroad is ready for the expedition!
Over the course of the expedition, the team will be encounter class 5 rapids while rafting both the Isdell and Charnley rivers and completing a 150km off-track hike in between. The self-titled Kimberley Whitewater Women, will fly to Broome this Saturday, January 14 from Melbourne. From there they will proceed into the Kimberley via helicopter and begin the first rafting leg of the journey down the Isdell River. Using the “spot device” the world will be able to follow the teams daily progress on www.kimberleywhitewaterwomen.com
November 2011
Gearjunkie.com announces top 10 gear picks 2011US GEARJUNKIE.COM ANNOUNCES THE SEA TO SUMMIT SPECIALST SHELTERS AS ONE OF THEIR TOP 10 GEAR PICKS 2011!
MINNEAPOLIS, November 21, 2011 – GearJunkie.com, a top publication on outdoors adventure, is proud to announce its 'Top 10 Gear' of the year awards. The 10 winning products, chosen from hundreds of items reviewed by the publication in 2011, were unveiled onstage at the Outdoor Adventure Expo in Minneapolis this past weekend, on November 20th, by editor and founder of GearJunkie.com Stephen Regenold (a.k.a. "The Gear Junkie").
For the past 12 months, Regenold and a crew of GearJunkie contributors have skied, climbed, trekked, biked and adventure-raced literally around the globe testing gear and apparel for the outdoors.
"We pride ourselves on pushing equipment to its limits," said Regenold. In February, Regenold led a race team in Chile to a 2nd-place finish in the weeklong Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race. Mountain climbs in Utah and the Alps, backpacking trips, and bike races were among other outdoor test venues this year.
The Gear Junkie team chose the 'Top 10 Gear' picks to represent the best of the best from the dozens of new products, gear and apparel tested in 2011.
Here is the full list:
THE GEAR JUNKIE'S 'TOP 10 GEAR' AWARDS 2011
1. Sea to Summit Solo and Duo Shelters
2. New Balance Minimus Trail Shoes
3. Black Diamond Z-Poles trekking poles
4. SOL Escape Bivvy
5. Centrifuge Jacket by Outdoor Research
6. Yurbuds Exercise Earphones
7. Adidas TERREX FAST sports glasses
8. Fenix HP-11 headlamp
9. Salomon EXO Sensifit Running Apparel
10. Purist Bottle from Specialized Bicycles
The 'Top 10' article is here: GearJunkie.com/top-10-gear-of-2011-awards. Beyond GearJunkie.com, the awards article has been syndicated to multiple media outlets and will be appearing across the country in publications this month.
ABOUT GEARJUNKIE: Operated by Monopoint Media LLC of Minneapolis, Minn., GearJunkie.com was founded in 2006. It is among the web's most popular outdoors publications. The site is based off a nationally-syndicated newspaper column of the same name written by Stephen Regenold, a world-traveling adventurer/journalist with a home base in Minnesota. Gear Junkie content is syndicated to Outside magazine online, Outside magazine (Brazil edition), Spokane Spokesman-Review, Casper Star-Tribune, Billings Gazette, Albuquerque Journal, Blue Ridge Outdoors, Outdoors NW, Adventure Sports Journal, and Scouting magazine (official publication of the Boy Scouts of America).
September 2011
World Record for Roz Savage!Congratulations Roz Savage!
After rowing 4,000 Miles Sea to Summit sponsored Ocean Rower Roz Savage finally arrives in Mauritius. She now holds the world record to be the first woman to row solo the big three: the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
Her big mission is "to show that each one of us has a role in fostering environmental sustainability and creating our collective future." Just like her oar-strokes, many tiny actions add up to a big achievement!
More about Roz' arrival in Mauritius and her inspiring journey
July 2011
Bruce Arms - World Record Attempt
Bruce Arms, a renowned sailor and two-time winner of the Solo Trans-Tasman yacht race, has completed week one of his world-record attempt to sail around Australia non-stop, solo, and un-assisted in five weeks.
At 12 noon on Sunday, 17 July 2011, Bruce in his catamaran Big Wave Rider, was some 370 kilometres west of Cape York, and 49 hours ahead of the existing record. Bruce said he was pleased with his progress to date but realises he is only one-fifth of the way around Australia. “I have a long way to go yet including the long, treacherous leg across the Southern Ocean from Cape Leeuwin to Tasmania. But so far, so good.”
In the week since he departed on Sunday, 10 July 2011, Bruce has encountered extremes of weather from 3 hours of calm on Day 1 to the rough seas and strong winds which he had on Day 6 as he approached the Great Barrier Reef. His planned entry through the reef was made at Raine Island Entrance, only 100kms north of where another intrepid sailor, Captain James Cook entered in the Endeavour through Providential Channel on 17 August 1770. Bruce said he has adjusted to the limited sleep options available to the solo sailor. “I have a couple of guard alarms - radar and AIS (Automatic Identification System for ships and fishing vessels) – but nothing beats a good lookout. I work around 20 minute catnaps, sometimes a bit longer, if I am confident of my surrounds.”
Big Wave Rider has been averaging 376 kilometres a day and should maintain these speeds for at least the next week. Bruce’s journey in Big Waver Rider can be followed via his website: www.brucearms.com
